Unidentified drones have been noticed hovering over a navy base utilized by Nato within the Netherlands, the Dutch defence ministry has stated.
It stated navy personnel deployed weapons to attempt to take down the drones noticed close to Volkel Air Base, north of Eindhoven, between 19:00 and 21:00 native time (18:00-20:00 GMT) on Friday.
The defence ministry stated the units “departed and had been by no means recovered”.
The Netherlands is amongst plenty of northern European nations to be blighted by drone sightings round navy installations and airfields in latest months. Russia has denied accusations it was concerned in earlier incidents.
Dutch police are investigating Friday’s incident. Officers stated that for safety causes they would offer no additional particulars about how the drones or what motion was taken.
In addition to being utilized by the Royal Netherlands Air Power, Volkel Air Base hosts a US Air Power squadron as a part of Nato.
The incident follows studies of drone sightings at different Dutch air bases up to now few weeks, in addition to amenities in neighbouring Belgium, Denmark and Germany.
The sightings have disrupted air site visitors and raised safety issues.
A scarcity of proof pointing to their origins has plagued investigations into the incidents since they started in September, as in lots of circumstances the drones depart after some time.
Some European officers have attributed the sightings to “hybrid warfare” on the a part of Russia, because the nations which have been focused are all allied to Ukraine.
However the Kremlin has denied it has something to do with previous incursions.
Defence ministers from 10 EU nations have agreed to create a “drone wall” in response to the sightings, whereas some particular person nations have sought to safe anti-drone defence measures.
