Event 642

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "EE",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple direct official statements and expenditure figures explicitly describe the actions as defense preparations in response to concrete hybrid threat assessments.",
  "country": "Estonia",
  "defense_prep": {
    "is_defense_prep_event": true,
    "links": [
      "https://news.err.ee/1609520113/estonia-boosts-12-million-drone-wall-to-counter-eastern-border-threats"
    ],
    "notes": "Deployment of drone detection and counter-drone measures along the eastern border to address hybrid threats.",
    "title": "Estonia boosts border drone defense"
  },
  "description": "Estonia is ramping up its efforts to detect and counter drones along its eastern border with a €12 million 'drone wall' project aimed at protecting against cross-border threats and hybrid tactics, particularly from neighboring Russia.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-11-13T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Announcement of a €12 million investment to construct a 'drone wall' with technical equipment to protect against incursions and disruptions.",
    "Project specifically targets the eastern border, indicating defensive posture against hybrid threats, particularly from Russia."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "The state is ramping up efforts to detect and counter drones along Estonia's eastern border and around its major towns and critical or sensitive infrastructure zones.",
    "Known as the 'drone wall', the project will involve spending up to €12 million on technical equipment, including radar and camera systems, and anti-drone countermeasures.",
    "Many of the challenges... are hybrid in nature, with incidents of drones being used for intelligence gathering, smuggling or to cause other disruptions."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609520113/estonia-boosts-12-million-drone-wall-to-counter-eastern-border-threats"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Announcement of a €12 million investment to construct a 'drone wall' with technical equipment to protect against incursions and disruptions.",
            "Project specifically targets the eastern border, indicating defensive posture against hybrid threats, particularly from Russia."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Estonia boosts €12 million drone wall to counter eastern border threats",
  "location_text": "Estonian eastern border",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_642_1763933547_2727b6ec.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Estonia allocates  12M to build Drone Wall along eastern border",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609520113/estonia-boosts-12-million-drone-wall-to-counter-eastern-border-threats"
  ],
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609520113/estonia-boosts-12-million-drone-wall-to-counter-eastern-border-threats"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "EE Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE",
  "Date": "13-Nov-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Estonia allocates  12M to build Drone Wall along eastern border",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://news.err.ee/1609520113/estonia-boosts-12-million-drone-wall-to-counter-eastern-border-threats",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Estonia allocates  12M to build Drone Wall along eastern border",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}