Drones reported over France's nuclear submarine base at Ile Longue

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Map of the approximate layout of the Ile Longue naval base
Layout of Ile Longue, France's nuclear submarine base, over which drones were reported in 2015 Rundvald, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Drones were detected over Ile Longue near Brest, home of France's ballistic-missile submarines, on the night of 26-27 January 2015, and the maritime prefecture sought to confirm it. A deputy raised it in Parliament amid months of drone overflights of French nuclear sites.

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  1. OfficialQuestion ecrite n. 73592 (Christophe Premat) and ministerial reply (opens in a new tab)Assemblee nationale (France) / 2015-02-10

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