Security stepped up at Geilenkirchen NATO airbase in Germany over 'potential threat'
The incident comes amid jitters about possible infrastructure vulnerability to potential Russian sabotage.
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00:00Security at a NATO airbase in western Germany was raised late Thursday night, after intelligence
00:07information pointed to a potential threat.
00:10The Galenkirchen airbase, near the border with the Netherlands, is where the alliance's
00:15airborne warning and control system aircraft is based.
00:19Earlier, reports mentioned suspicious activity and the person was briefly detained, but no
00:24threat was found.
00:25These incidents arise amid concerns about the potential vulnerability of vengeful structure
00:31to Russian sabotage attempts.