A drone carrying explosives was found late Tuesday at the airport and later defused. Police vehicles are parked at Leipzig/Halle Airport, where investigations are underway following the drone incident that occurred early Wednesday morning, in Schkeuditz, Germany, Thursday Aug. 6, 2026. Russia has been accused of drone plots in the pastRussia has previously been accused of involvement in plots to use explosives hung from drones. He later told reporters that while drone sightings and drone threats are something Germany has dealt with in the past, “that a drone armed with explosives is at an airport is a new threat scenario.” Germany’s drone defense challengedDobrindt said Germany has a mobile drone defense unit and that there is drone defense technology at airports, but the explosive-laden drone was “conceived in such a way, according to what we know at present, precisely to be able to get around drone defense.”