Tag: hybrid attacks

Germany Plans Baltic Hybrid Threat Task Force

Ahead of the Baltic Security Conference, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced plans to hold talks with his counterparts from the countries bordering the Baltic Sea regarding a rapid-response task force to counter hybrid threats in the Baltic Sea region | Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

Germany plans to create a rapid response task force with Baltic Sea countries to share information and coordinate responses to hybrid threats involving the sea, air, cyberspace and critical infrastructure.

Germany Opens New Drone Defence Centre

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, Dorothee Baer, German Minister of Research, Technology, and Space; Sven Schulze, Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt, and Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Chairwoman of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), open the Technology Center for Drone Safety and unveil the commemorative plaque bearing the institution's name | Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa

Germany has opened a new centre to develop and test technology for detecting and stopping hostile drones. The move follows a series of incidents as Berlin expands the Federal Police’s drone defence force to 300 officers nationwide.