AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Explosive drone found at German airport near Ukrainian cargo plane in suspected hybrid attack
German authorities defused a military-grade explosive drone discovered near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport, an incident the country's interior minister called "a new threat scenario" that may involve foreign powers. A drone fitted with Semtex explosives and a detonator turned up overnight into Wednesday near the south runway of the major German cargo […] The post Explosive drone found at German airport near Ukrainian cargo plane in suspected hybrid attack appeared first on American Almanac .
German authorities defused a military-grade explosive drone discovered near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport, an incident the country's interior minister called "a new threat scenario" that may involve foreign powers. A drone fitted with Semtex explosives and a detonator turned up overnight into Wednesday near the south runway of the major German cargo hub, parked close to a Ukrainian Antonov cargo aircraft. The German Federal Police bomb disposal unit removed the detonator, and a second drone apparently struck a DHL cargo plane that had aborted its landing after the runway was shut down. The DHL jet sustained minor nosecone damage but landed safely in Hanover, ABC News reported . By Thursday morning, Leipzig/Halle…Open