Drones spotted again over Kleine-Brogel military base

Minister speaks of targeted targeting

Drones fly over NATO airfield in Belgium

A NATO exercise recently took place here – and now several drones have been spotted over a Belgian military base. This is not the first incident at the base.

Drones were again spotted over the Belgian Kleine-Brogel military base used by NATO on Sunday night. A jammer was used unsuccessfully, wrote Belgium’s Defense Minister Theo Francken on Platform X. “A helicopter and police vehicles tracked a drone, but lost it after several kilometers.”

There were larger models at higher altitudes, Francken continued. They did not simply fly over the military base, but were specifically aimed at it. The investigation was ongoing.

NATO referred inquiries about the drone sightings to the Belgian authorities. In October, the military base in Kleine-Brogel, Flemish, was part of the annual NATO exercise to defend the alliance’s territory with nuclear weapons with around 2,000 military personnel. According to unconfirmed reports, the air base is one of the locations in Europe where US nuclear weapons are stored.

A drone was also spotted over Antwerp Airport on Saturday evening. This is reported by the Belgian news agency Belga, citing the police.