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The French military used anti-drone measures after five unmanned vehi

The drones were detected above the base on Ile Longue, a peninsula off the Brittany coast in northwestern France, at around 7:30 pm (1830 GMT) Thursday, said the source

An anti-drone and search operation was launched by the marine battalion, which protects the base, the source said. It was not immediately

A judicial investigation into Thursday's incident was to be opened by the military prosecutor's office in Rennes, the Atlantic Maritime Prefecture told AFP.

"Sensitive infrastructure was not threatened," Guillaume Le Rasle, spokesman for the maritime prefecture, told AFP.

He said it was "too early to determine" the origin of the drones, adding however that tho

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