Sweden sends anti-drone systems, radars to Denmark to support summit security

Sweden will support Denmark with military anti-drone capabilities in connection with summits in Copenhagen this week, after drone sightings last week forced Denmark to shut several airports, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Monday.

Denmark is due to host EU leaders on Wednesday, followed by a summit on Thursday of the wider, 47-member European Political Community, and has already said it has increased security around the events after the drone incursions.

Kristersson said in a post on social media X that Sweden will send Counter UAS systems and that his country separately on Sunday had also shipped "a handful" of radar systems to Denmark.

On Sunday, Denmark ordered a ban on civilian drone flights, after drones were observed at several military facilities overnight.