COPENHAGEN: The United States is sending anti-drone defenses to Denmark as it hosts an EU summit this week, Copenhagen’s defense ministry said Tuesday, after drones over the Nordic country closed several airports.
Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden have also all sent anti-drone technology ahead of the summit to Denmark, which fears Russian surveillance of its military sites.
“We are pleased and grateful that the USA also supports Denmark with anti-drone capabilities in connection with the upcoming summit,” the defense ministry said in a post to X.
Recent drone sightings across Denmark have prompted the closure of several airports, including Copenhagen’s — the largest airport in northern Europe.
Drones were also observed over Danish military sites, but no new sightings have been reported since September 27.
Copenhagen is to host an EU summit gathering more than 40 heads of government on Wednesday and Thursday.
To ensure security around the summit, Denmark on Sunday said it was closing airspace to all civilian drone flights until Friday, so that enemy drones would not be confused for legal ones.
Police have not been able to identify the perpetrators, but Danish government officials have pointed the finger at Russia.
Fearing the risk of sabotage and so-called hybrid attacks, the country on Tuesday also raised the security level for energy facilities to orange, the second-highest level.
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US sending anti-drone system to Denmark for EU summit
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US sending anti-drone system to Denmark for EU summit
- “We are pleased and grateful that the USA also supports Denmark with anti-drone capabilities,” the defense ministry said
- Copenhagen is to host an EU summit gathering more than 40 heads of government
Man charged with threatening to kill US vice president
WASHINGTON: A federal grand jury charged a 33-year-old man with threatening to kill US Vice President JD Vance during his visit to Ohio in January, the Justice Department said on Friday.
Shannon Mathre, a resident of Toledo, Ohio, is accused of “making a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon” the vice president, the department said in a statement.
Mathre reportedly said he was “going to find out where he (the vice president) is going to be and use my M14 automatic gun and kill him,” according to the statement. It did not say where he made the comment.
US Secret Service agents arrested Mathre on Friday.
The threat is the latest reported incident involving Vance.
Vance said in early January “a crazy person” had tried to break into his Ohio home by hammering on the windows. The vice president and his family were not home at the time, and a 26-year-old man was taken into custody, according to US media reports.
The Justice Department said on Friday it found “multiple digital files of child sexual abuse materials” in Mathre’s possession while investigating the alleged threat against Vance.
Mathre made his initial court appearance before a US Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Ohio on Friday.
He is in custody pending a detention hearing on February 11, the Justice Department said.
Shannon Mathre, a resident of Toledo, Ohio, is accused of “making a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon” the vice president, the department said in a statement.
Mathre reportedly said he was “going to find out where he (the vice president) is going to be and use my M14 automatic gun and kill him,” according to the statement. It did not say where he made the comment.
US Secret Service agents arrested Mathre on Friday.
The threat is the latest reported incident involving Vance.
Vance said in early January “a crazy person” had tried to break into his Ohio home by hammering on the windows. The vice president and his family were not home at the time, and a 26-year-old man was taken into custody, according to US media reports.
The Justice Department said on Friday it found “multiple digital files of child sexual abuse materials” in Mathre’s possession while investigating the alleged threat against Vance.
Mathre made his initial court appearance before a US Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Ohio on Friday.
He is in custody pending a detention hearing on February 11, the Justice Department said.
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