00:01Near Latvia's border with Russia, interceptor drones are taking to flight.
00:05Still in the training stage, in a matter of months, they're expected to serve as a defense against Russian drones
00:11that cross into NATO airspace, what European defense ministers are calling a drone wall.
00:17So the interceptor drone uses radar data to find targets in air.
00:22It catches up to those targets. At that point, the operator is asked to confirm interception.
00:27And from that point on, autonomously, the system catches up to the target and detonates.
00:34The interceptor drones have emerged as one possible deterrent as the EU scrambles to figure out how to respond to a series of mysterious drone sightings across the block.
00:44Since September, sightings at airports in Denmark, Germany, Norway and Belgium have forced airports to temporarily close.
00:52Most recently, at the International Airport in Brussels on Wednesday, drone sightings overnight forced it to cancel dozens of flights, stranding hundreds of passengers.
01:01I'm Ukrainian, and I'm very much concerned that now in the heart of Europe, we can see drones flying out of nowhere, and we have no means to prevent that.
01:13Everyone suppose it's Russia, and I do as well. And why are they doing it? What do they want to provoke with this? It's strange and a bit worrying.
01:22It's unclear if any of the most recent sightings could be linked to Moscow, but back in September, NATO aircraft shot down a swarm of Russian drones that had crossed into Poland's airspace.
01:33And last month, Russian planes briefly violated NATO airspace over Lithuania and Estonia in separate incidents.
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