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A mysterious drone in Šaštín during Mass
It rarely happens that Slovakia finds itself on the websites of foreign websites. In the field of security, however, this time our state focused on foreign countries The Jerusalem Post, precisely in connection with the visit of the Holy Father in Šaštín. The aforementioned daily these days reported exclusively that the technology of the Israeli anti-drone company D-Fend removed an unknown drone that moved during the Mass of Pope Francis with 60,000 believers in Slovakia in Šaštín.
The medium also explains why the incident started to be talked about only now – 3 months after the mass itself. Until then, there was an embargo on this information, and it has only been lifted. For the sake of completeness, it should also be noted that in addition to the Pope, 90 bishops and 500 other priests were present at the Grand Assembly.
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Cooperation with the Slovak Ministry
The protection company D-Fend even admitted that it actively cooperates with the Slovak Ministry of the Interior, led by Roman Mikulec. In the autumn, he participated in the protection of the Pope and his entire team. Protection against the threats of foreign drones took place even during all the Pope’s meetings in Slovakia from 12 to 15 September. We will add only that the Pope, in addition to Šaštín, also visited Lunik IX., Prešov or Bratislava in Košice. The Mass in Šaštín was the largest and most anticipated event where the incident was to take place.
Source: TASR / Michal Svítok
D-Fend also revealed that several other drones were immediately identified near the mass in Šaštín. However, our police included them on the list of friendly, ie friendly drones that do not endanger the event. It is possible to assume that some believers used drones to immortalize the Pope’s visit in this artistic way from above, and thus did not pose a security risk.
This drone “stood out” among the others
However, what alerted the security forces was the EnforceAir security system, which can identify similar drones and list them as safe or unsafe. Right during the mentioned Mass, he discovered a hitherto unseen drone of the “do it yourself” type.
The police first wanted to solve the whole situation with the help of the so-called jammers, but they quickly changed their strategy. They realized that such jammers could potentially disrupt communications systems operating in the area. “EnforceAir repulsed an unknown drone and sent it back to its previous take-off position, away from the large assembly.” D-Fend commented.
Ideal time to use this system
“Protecting such a major event is very important, so we wanted to use anti-drone technology that is best suited for such crowded gatherings or events.” said a representative of the office responsible for the protection of the pope during his stay in Slovakia.
Source: SITA / Martin Mednansky
The company also recalls that drones are currently posing increasing security risks, as they do not need a living individual to move and can endanger the population with the risk of self-destruction without losing any life, for example when moving explosives and so on.
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