Belgium’s defense chief stands by €50 million drone scare

While most reports of drone sightings have been proven false, some appeared “plausible” even despite lack of any evidence, Theo Francken insists

Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken has defended the costly drone scare, which cost some €50 million (some $ 58.5 million) in emergency spending, and offered a lackluster apology for personally disseminating images purporting to picture the UAVs, which turned out to be false.

The drone craze gripped the country, as well as several other EU nations, late last year with numerous sightings of mysterious UAVs reported from military and critical infrastructure sites. The Belgian government declared an…

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