{"id":439136,"date":"2025-11-03T11:26:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2025\/11\/03\/ancora-droni-nel-cielo-del-belgio-presa-di-mira-la-piu-grande-base-militare-del-paese\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T12:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:16:46","slug":"more-drones-spotted-over-belgium-targeting-the-countrys-largest-military-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/11\/03\/more-drones-spotted-over-belgium-targeting-the-countrys-largest-military-base\/","title":{"rendered":"More drones spotted over Belgium, targeting the country\u2019s largest military base"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – Unidentified drone<\/strong> overflights continue in the heart of Europe. Belgium now appears to be the latest victim, following the incidents of a few weeks ago. Sightings were repeated during the night between Friday<\/strong> (October 31) and Saturday, and again between Saturday and Sunday<\/strong>. This time, the aircraft flew over the Kleine Brogel<\/strong> military base, 100 kilometers from Brussels, and another approached Antwerp airport.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThese drones are looking for something or mapping the area<\/strong>,\u201d said<\/a> Defense Minister Theo Francken <\/strong>with little doubt. Who is behind the operations is still unclear, but the minister offers one possible explanation: \u201cIt seems likely that this is something serious<\/strong>. Think, for example, of Russia.<\/strong> But I must be cautious, because there is no formal evidence<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The episode is concerning because it is not an isolated case. Earlier this month, several drones flew over the Elsenborn<\/strong> military camp, and a similar incident occurred in the skies above Marche-en-Famenne<\/a>, where the Ardennes Light Infantry<\/strong> is stationed.<\/p>\n

This weekend’s event raises the bar by targeting Belgium’s most extensive military base at Kleine Brogel<\/strong>. Here, according to some NATO sources, US nuclear warheads are present, and the most technologically advanced elements of the Belgian army are deployed. In the coming months, for example, sixth-generation F-35<\/strong> fighter jets purchased from the United States will be operational.<\/p>\n

According to initial reconstructions, the overflight occurred at a high altitude. The Belgian armed forces attempted to interfere by jamming<\/strong> (releasing electromagnetic waves) techniques to shoot down the aircraft, but the attempt was unsuccessful<\/strong>. In addition, to disrupt the overflight, a Belgian Air Force helicopter<\/strong> took off in pursuit of the drone, but it managed to escape.<\/p>\n

The failure testifies to the fact that the European armed forces are only partly prepared to counter threats from the sky. As a countermeasure, the Defense Minister announced on Thursday, November 6, a EUR 50 million plan<\/strong> for the purchase of new air defense systems<\/strong>. “This package includes a standardized signaling system, but also the purchase of anti-drone systems and a whole range of detection equipment,” reassured Theo Francken at the center of the controversy after the breaches of recent days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There were attempts to intercept the drone, but electromagnetic jamming systems did not work. The pursuit, carried out with a helicopter, was also unsuccessful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7891,"featured_media":240686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30809],"tags":[27336,25801,28781,32309],"class_list":["post-439136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-security","tag-belgian-cat-en","tag-droni-and","tag-interferenze-russe-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439137,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439136\/revisions\/439137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}