RIGA, Sept 27 (Reuters) – NATO said on Saturday it is upgrading its mission in the Baltic Sea with an air-defence frigate and other assets in response to drone incursions in Denmark.
Unidentified drones were observed near military installations in Denmark overnight, the Armed Forces said on Saturday, following several drone incursions near airports and critical infrastructure this week.
In response, NATO will “conduct even more enhanced vigilance with new multi-domain assets in the Baltic Sea region”, it said in a statement emailed to Reuters.
The alliance said the new assets included “intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platforms and at least one air-defence frigate”.
A NATO spokesperson said they would not provide details on which countries were contributing the extra assets.
The new assets will enhance NATO’s “Baltic Sentry” mission, launched in January in response to a string of incidents in which power cables, telecom links and gas pipelines on the Baltic Sea bottom have been damaged.
