By Jan-Hendrik Boelens

On Monday, both Copenhagen and Oslo airports were forced into temporary shutdowns after multiple drone sightings.

Flights were diverted, thousands of passengers stranded, and two of Europe’s busiest transport hubs were left paralysed by what could be a single drone operator. The disruption was not an accident or bad luck; it was a warning.

This is not the first time drones have tested our security. Over the last year or so, they have appeared over key US military sites in Germany, the UK and along the US East Coast.

Civilian infrastructure is equally vulnerable. We all remember when Gatwick Airport was shut down in 2018, grounding 1,000 flights and disrupting 140,000 passengers.

These incidents are not random, but demonstrate how cheap drones, in the hands of capable operators, can inflict outsized damage.

The problem is that........

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