French navy troops opened fire at unidentified drones over a military site housing nuclear submarines in the latest in a series of drone incursions into European airspace.
According to the French wire service Agence France-Presse (AFP), five drones were detected on Thursday night over the submarine base of Île Longue, in Brittany, western France.
It is a strategic military site home to nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, a key part of France’s nuclear deterrent.
Navy troops in charge of protecting the base opened fire, AFP reported. It was unclear whether the drones were shot down.
The incursion is part of a string of drone sightings over around sensitive military and defence production sites in Belgium, Germany, Denmark and Norway in recent months.
Drones have become a regular feature of Vladimir Putin’s aggression against the West.
Recent incursions over a Nato training base in eastern Belgium and over a manufacturing facilities in Évegnée Fort owned by defence contractor Thales Belgium are thought to have been launched from Russian-linked cargo ships in the North Sea, The i Paper reported earlier this month.
In February, The i Paper revealed that three people with links to Russian military and intelligence sites travelled to stay near top-secret UK air bases where suspicious drones were sighted, with one of the individuals just metres from the perimeter of RAF Mildenhall on a day when drones were flown over.
The revelations show why concerns are growing within Nato and Europe over the way Putin is becoming emboldened in his aggression against the continent.
French authorities haven’t yet commented on the suspected origin of the drone incident Thursday at the well-known military site.
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