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Drone Incident Roundup: November 9, 2026

Sulaymaniyah, Iraq: Gas field strike blacks out Kurdistan. Kirishi, Russia: Drone hits major refinery. Leipzig, Germany: Drones close airport runways.
November 9, 2026 by
Drone Incident Roundup: November 9, 2026

1 · Sulaymaniyah, Iraq: Gas field strike blacks out Kurdistan

  • Drones hit the Khor Mor gas field Sunday night, cutting gas to power plants.
  • About 2,800 MW went offline and over 70% of the region lost power.

Source: aljazeera.com

2 · Kirishi, Russia: Drone hits major refinery

  • A drone struck the Kirishi refinery, 800 km from Ukraine; the governor said 113 were downed.
  • Ukraine reported outages in 12 regions.

Source: cyprus-mail.com

3 · Leipzig, Germany: Drones close airport runways

  • Unauthorized drones entered the control zone on Nov. 7 and 8.
  • A runway closed each time, once for 30 minutes.
  • Neither pilot was found.

Source: leipzig.t-online.de

Why it matters

One fuel node can black out a grid. Detecting a drone without finding its pilot still means closures.

Layered detection (RF, radar, EO/IR and Remote ID) buys the warning time that physical barriers can't. Talk to a TKG engineer about coverage at your site.

TKG Alert, originally posted on TKG Security's LinkedIn page. Summaries of public reporting; follow the source links for full details.

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