NATO Operation "Baltic Sentry 2025": Bundeswehr drone Heron TP now monitors coastal waters of the Baltic Sea

The expensive drone Heron TP monitors German coastal waters for the first time. The system is supposed to contribute to the deterrence of potential saboteurs.

In recent months, damage to data cables and pipelines in the Baltic Sea has increased. Nato is mostly based on sabotage files. A military operation begins for deterrence and surveillance. A drone is used for the first time for the Bundeswehr.

The German Armed Forces of the Israeli type Heron TP have obviously been used for the first time not only for exercises: the Air Force supports the Navy in the surveillance of the Baltic Sea in the NATO mission Baltic Sentry. The mission was announced by the German Armed Forces on Wednesday on their website: In order to protect the critical underwater infrastructure of the NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization states, the Air Force participates…