Germany May Authorize Its Intelligence Agencies To Carry Out Preemptive Cyberattacks Against Drone Manufacturers In Russia
1- 11.08.2026, 21:37
Berlin is preparing a response to Russian sabotage.
Germany is preparing a reform of its intelligence agencies that could grant them the authority to carry out preemptive cyberattacks against Russian drone manufacturers, according to the publication Die Welt. Discussions regarding the expansion of the intelligence services’ offensive capabilities intensified after a a drone packed with explosives was discovered at a cargo airfield in Leipzig, presumably intended to carry out a sabotage operation commissioned by Russia.
“The best drone is the one that never takes to the air at all and, consequently, poses no threat to people’s lives in Germany,” Mark Heinrichmann, chairman of the Bundestag’s Oversight Committee, told Die Welt. According to him, simply gathering intelligence is no longer enough for the intelligence services today. The lawmaker, who is involved in drafting the reform, explained: it is necessary to expand the agencies’ powers so that they can disable attack drones directly in Russia or at the manufacturing plant—even before the drone reaches a German airport or poses a threat to the safety and lives of the country’s citizens.
Henrichmann believes that the intelligence services need to be restructured and reorganized so that they have real operational capabilities: early detection of threats, thorough investigation of their origins, and the ability to prevent them. In other words, the lawmaker noted, this involves the ability to throw attackers off balance and make them fear retaliatory measures.
A week earlier, a drone containing explosives was found in a secure area at Leipzig/Halle Airport near a Ukrainian An-124 “Ruslan” transport aircraft. It did not detonate, but bomb disposal experts had to be called in to neutralize it. Experts later determined that the explosive substance found was classified as “high-grade.”
Operations at the airport—through which NATO supplies countries on its eastern flank and Ukraine—were temporarily suspended. Another plane, which was on its second approach after one of the runways was closed, collided with an unidentified object in the air—it sustained minor damage and managed to land in Hanover.
Authorities have launched a counterterrorism investigation. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called the incident a “hybrid attack.”
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