Calls for police to shoot down drones after Munich airport disruption – latest updates

<p>Bavarian PM joins calls to strengthen Germany’s air defences after latest incident</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/03/munich-drone-sightings-force-airport-to-cancel-flights-in-latest-europe-disruption">Munich airport reopens after halting flights</a></p></li></ul><p>Separately<strong>, Sweden’s prime minister Ulf Kristersson called on the European Union to simplify procurement standards for drones</strong> while maintaining that responsibility for strengthening anti-drone capabilities should lie with individual member states rather than the bloc as a whole, Reuters reported.</p><p>“The EU is not a defence organisation. … <strong>Every country needs to build up these capabilities, and then we need to cooperate very closely to be able to detect drones,</strong>” Kristersson told Reuters in an interview in Copenhagen late on Thursday.</p><p><em>“We don’t do anything carelessly, but <strong>we won’t hesitate to use the force needed to bring down vehicles or threats that actually violate our (borders).</strong>”</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/03/munich-drones-security-europe-russia-ukraine-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>