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He came to see Denmark’s new drone surveillance system. “The system cannot really solve anything on its own”

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Context piece
  • Denmark has acquired a new drone surveillance system intended to form part of the country’s emerging drone defenses.
  • Berlingske defense correspondent Andreas Lindqvist said the system depends entirely on data from external sensors and cannot function independently.
  • The report contrasts the defense minister’s description of a “drone shield” with the system’s current limitations.

At a marina in a secret location in Jutland, Berlingske defense correspondent Andreas Lindqvist studies two large screens mounted in the back of a pickup truck. They display the computer system intended to become an important part of Denmark’s new defenses against drones.

But the technology is far from the complete “drone shield” described by the defense minister. Lindqvist says the system itself cannot detect or respond to anything without information from other equipment.

The system cannot really solve anything on its own, because it is blind and deaf without input from various sensors.

· Andreas LindqvistBerlingske’s defense correspondent explains the system’s dependence on external sensor data.

“The system cannot really solve anything on its own, because it is blind and deaf without input from various sensors,” Lindqvist explains in the news podcast Pilestræde. “So the system makes no difference unless input comes into it.”

The demonstration therefore offers a more restrained picture of Denmark’s new capability. The system may be central to coordinating drone surveillance, but its effectiveness depends on the sensors feeding it information.

So the system makes no difference unless input comes into it.

· Andreas LindqvistLindqvist describes the limitation of the newly demonstrated drone-defense system.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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