Akash Sama­roo

The Min­istry of De­fence says an in­ves­ti­ga­tion has been launched to de­ter­mine how drone footage was ob­tained of a re­strict­ed area near the ANR Robin­son In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port in To­ba­go, where a Unit­ed States–in­stalled mil­i­tary radar is lo­cat­ed.

In a me­dia re­lease is­sued yes­ter­day, De­fence Min­is­ter Wayne Sturge said the ac­qui­si­tion and dis­sem­i­na­tion of footage of mil­i­tary in­stal­la­tions and equip­ment is “in­im­i­cal to na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty in­ter­ests” and “ex­pos­es the cit­i­zen­ry to those who would ben­e­fit from the use of such in­for­ma­tion to our detri­ment.”