Event 798

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "FI",
    "EE",
    "LV",
    "LT",
    "PL",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Direct quotes from a Latvian journalist post and visible media confirm the event, timing, technology, and testing location; the connection to NATO border surveillance is explicitly stated.",
  "country": "Germany",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://x.com/JanisTeresko/status/1901729896675553301"
    ],
    "title": "German drone testing for NATO reconnaissance discussion. \"Is this the future of NATO s eastern border?\""
  },
  "description": "A Latvian-language post discusses the testing of a fully automated reconnaissance drone, about a meter long, by the German company Quantum Systems near Munich. The drone features fully autonomous take-off and landing systems and can automatically analyze gathered intelligence data. The post raises the question of whether this technology represents the future for NATO's eastern border surveillance.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-03-17T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Post by accredited journalist details technical features and ongoing testing of the German-made automated reconnaissance drone near Munich.",
    "The post explicitly frames this as relating to NATO's eastern border surveillance."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Aptuveni metru garš izlūkošanas drons. Pilnībā automatizēts, ražots Vācijā. Uzņēmums 'Quantum Systems' pie Minhenes testē modernu dronu pilnībā autonomas pacelšanās un nolaišanās sistēmas. Arī dronu savāktos datus analizē automātiski.",
    "Vai tā ir NATO austrumu robežas nākotne?"
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://x.com/JanisTeresko/status/1901729896675553301"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Post by accredited journalist details technical features and ongoing testing of the German-made automated reconnaissance drone near Munich.",
            "The post explicitly frames this as relating to NATO's eastern border surveillance."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Automated German-made reconnaissance drone with autonomous systems tested near Munich for border surveillance",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_798_1763938777_651ebb12.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Quantum Systems tested fully autonomous German-made drones for NATO ?? ????????border surveillance.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/JanisTeresko/status/1901729896675553301"
  ],
  "summary_short": "German company Quantum Systems tests a fully automated reconnaissance drone near Munich with autonomous take-off/landing and data analysis capabilities.",
  "url": "https://x.com/JanisTeresko/status/1901729896675553301"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "FI EE LV LT PL Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "Air",
  "Date": "17-Mar-25",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "German drone testing for NATO reconnaissance discussion. \"Is this the future of NATO s eastern border?\"",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://x.com/JanisTeresko/status/1901729896675553301",
  "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": "Quantum Systems tested fully autonomous German-made drones for NATO ?? ????????border surveillance.",
  "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)": ""
}