Drones about Ramstein: Who monitors our sensitive regions?

Drones about Ramstein: Who monitors our sensitive regions?

In the past few days, the Rhineland-Palatinate State Criminal Police Office has increased more about drone flights about sensitive facilities in Germany. These flew over the US Air Force base in Ramstein and the BASF area in Ludwigshafen. The drones are larger than typical hobby models and could be of military origin, such as . According to a confidential report of German security authorities, the drones were spotted primarily on December 3 and 4. Similar sightings were also registered through other critical facilities, such as the armaments company Rheinmetall

Despite the use of defense technologies from the Bundeswehr, it has not yet been possible to bring one of the drones to the crash. Investigators are suspected that some of these drones were launched by Russian ships in the North or Baltic Sea and may be part of a military reconnaissance unit. This information comes from research by the WDR and NDR, which also reported on earlier drone sightings, including at the tendency of dangerous places such as an LNG terminal and a decommissioned nuclear power plant, such as Der Tagesanzeiger

Investigations run

The Flensburg public prosecutor's office has now initiated an investigation into suspected “agent activity for sabotage purposes”. The security authorities take the processes seriously, but the official side has currently not been determined. A LKA spokesman said that one was in constant coordination with the responsible authorities and that the safety of the facilities is not endangered. Overall, the current drone activities seem to be of great interest for investigators, since they could potentially indicate strategic surveillance.