“We hope and intend to be ready”: the army repeats its anti-drone plan for the 2024 Olympics

2024-03-14 16:43:34

Two drones appear in the sunny sky, above the vast lawn of the Villacoublay air base (Yvelines). Against the light, soldiers of the Air Force, gendarmes and police officers point their jammer rifles in the direction of the two machines. The first stops in the air, the second rises towards the clouds.

“The reaction depends on the model of the aircraft, but in both cases, we see the effect of the jamming,” explains General Arnaud Bourguignon, in charge of air protection and therefore the fight against drones, to the journalists gathered around him. during the 2024 Olympic Games.