[Cthulhu_]

I dunno if calling them "mysterious" is really helpful in this case. Just shoot them down if they get close, that should be the response in a wartime scenario too. Plus, given it's in civilian areas, they can use the expensive laser defense systems to do that.

[AnimalMuppet]

The problem with this is, if you shoot and miss, the bullet goes somewhere. Airports are near cities, and there tend to be people "down range".

[red-iron-pine]

nah most airports ain't. not all of em mind you, but usually you keep people away

these projectiles aren't going to travel 9km unless you're shooting off SAMs or other serious AA

i'd be more worried about FOD on the runways getting sucked into an engine or popping the tires of service vehicles

[an0malous]

The mysteriousness is the main point of the article. These drones aren’t identifiable. Across dozens of incursions this year alone, no one has taken any drone down or identified where they’re launching from or returning to in spite of all the advanced NATO satellite imagery and aerial surveillance that can identify individual people on the ground.