An investigation is underway, without there being any “concrete risk for the establishments concerned”, adds the source.
The overflights over the Ramstein base, headquarters of the American Air Force in Europe, date back to the evenings of December 3 and 4, says the magazine der Spiegel. An investigation by public television channels WDR and NDR also reports these thefts.
In addition to the vast compound of the chemist BASF in Ludwigshafen, drones have also been observed above facilities of the Rheinmetall group, one of Europe’s largest arms manufacturers, according to der Spiegel citing a report from German security services.
Suspicious drones regularly fly over the group’s largest ammunition production site in Lower Saxony, in Unterlüss, according to information from AFP.
