Spying is a strange world. Countries accept that there is espionage within some limits, plenty of hacking too, planes flying near borders, historically even over countries.
Drones ... wonder how tolerant they will be considering their magical ability to go just about anywhere and few if any ways to stop them.
> [the tanker] was monitored sailing west around Denmark last week, and was cited by naval experts as one of a handful of Russia-linked vessels that may have been involved in the drone incidents.
> Copenhagen airport was closed for four hours in the evening of 22 September and Aalborg airport two days later, after drones were sighted in Danish airspace. None, however, were shot down and while Denmark has pointed the finger at Russia its investigators have not been able to say who is responsible.
Old Geezer Take: "Back in my time, sonny, we had this thing called radar. It ran on electricity, and could somehow spot stuff flying through the air - even at night - and tell us where it was, and which way it was headed..."
Radar's ability to spot something falls off with the 4th power of the distance to it, and a 1940-tech radar spotted the IJN's attack wave 45 minutes before it hit Pearl Harbor.
(Earlier coverage characterized the drones DoS'ing the Danish airports as "large". That's vague - but DoS'ing a major airport for hours requires drone(s) that get noticed, not a couple robo-pigeons.
Spying is a strange world. Countries accept that there is espionage within some limits, plenty of hacking too, planes flying near borders, historically even over countries.
Drones ... wonder how tolerant they will be considering their magical ability to go just about anywhere and few if any ways to stop them.
> [the tanker] was monitored sailing west around Denmark last week, and was cited by naval experts as one of a handful of Russia-linked vessels that may have been involved in the drone incidents.
> Copenhagen airport was closed for four hours in the evening of 22 September and Aalborg airport two days later, after drones were sighted in Danish airspace. None, however, were shot down and while Denmark has pointed the finger at Russia its investigators have not been able to say who is responsible.
Old Geezer Take: "Back in my time, sonny, we had this thing called radar. It ran on electricity, and could somehow spot stuff flying through the air - even at night - and tell us where it was, and which way it was headed..."
Back old Geezers days, the flying things were not the size of a bird.
Radar's ability to spot something falls off with the 4th power of the distance to it, and a 1940-tech radar spotted the IJN's attack wave 45 minutes before it hit Pearl Harbor.
Do the math, or (for example):
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/09/24/dutch-r...
(Earlier coverage characterized the drones DoS'ing the Danish airports as "large". That's vague - but DoS'ing a major airport for hours requires drone(s) that get noticed, not a couple robo-pigeons.