November 2, 2025, 11:31 amNovember 2, 2025, 11:31 am
A NATO soldier flies a drone during an exercise in Belgium. (Archive image, February 2025)Image: keystone
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 greater heights, Francken continued. They did not simply fly over the military base, but were specifically aimed at it. The investigation was ongoing.
Drones had previously been spotted over the base. Francken wrote on Saturday that they will meet with the police next week to analyze the threat and take the necessary measures to find and arrest the drone pilots.
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, as reported by the Belgian news agency Belga, citing the police. (sda/dpa)