A European airbase, which is home to NATO F-16 fighter jets, was ‘spied’ on this weekend by mystery drones.

Above the Kleine Brogel Air Base in Peer, Belgium, several large drones were spotted hovering for a long period.

Belgium’s defence minister Theo Francken said several ‘larger type’ drones at a high altitude were found on Saturday night, and were ‘clearly’ monitoring the airbase.

‘A drone jammer was used, but without success … A helicopter and police vehicles chased the drone, but lost it after several kilometres,’ he said.

He added: ‘They come to spy, to see where the F-16s are, where the munitions are, and other highly strategic things.’

The Kleine-Brogel Air Base works to ‘fundamentally contribute to NATO’s nuclear deterrence strategy’, though it’s not been confirmed if US nuc

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