France will send 35,000 security forces and soldiers to protect the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics from threats including drone attacks.
The opening ceremony will take place on a 6km stretch of the Seine river, with 160 boats and athletes and officials from more than 200 countries.
A crowd of over 600,000 is expected to line the route.
“Drones represent a new threat,” said French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.
“We’ve done a lot of work on traditional threats, whether it’s a terrorist, whether it’s a gunman, a bomb… We know how to identify and deal with this threat.
“The arrival of drones loaded with explosives in a civilian playground is new. There is no guarantee that this threat will happen, but it is very difficult to ignore it.”
The Paris 2024 opening ceremony will be the first to be held outside a stadium at the summer games.
Organizers are planning to place the Olympic flame on the Eiffel Tower, although it is not at the top of the monument.
The 2024 Olympic Games will be held from July 26 to August 11.