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Europe Pushes for Construction of ‘Drone Wall’ to Deter Russia
The initiative aims to address recent drone incursions, with about 20 Russian drones breaching Polish airspace last month, highlighting EU’s limited current defence capabilities.
- On Thursday, the European Commission plans to rebrand the effort as the European Drone Defence Initiative in a defence roadmap promoting a drone wall and NATO cooperation.
- Following breaches of Polish airspace, around 20 Russian drones entered last month, prompting calls for stronger defences and highlighting EU unpreparedness.
- Cost and technical limits emerged when Andrius Kubilius, European Defence Commissioner, said capabilities are 'quite limited' and warned shooting expensive missiles at cheap drones is unsustainable.
- At the Copenhagen summit earlier this month, Emmanuel Macron, President of France, said the drone threat is 'more sophisticated, more complex' while Boris Pistorius, German Defence Minister, warned the concept is unlikely within three or four years.
- Observers warn that escalating countermeasures mean the European Union could face shifting defence burdens and test its capacity to assume more responsibility alongside NATO, while Taras Tymochko called it 'counteraction against counteraction.
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Europe moves to confront Russia's drones
The European Union is unveiling a defense roadmap to strengthen Europe’s capacity to deter, detect, and counter aerial drone incursions by Russia. The move was prompted by a series of recent Russian airspace violations of EU territory. These include the approximately 20 drones that crossed into Poland on Sept. 9, as well as similar incidents over Romania, Denmark, and Germany. The episodes revealed how limited European air defenses remain in det…
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AlKhaleej TodayEurope races to build a ‘drone wall’ as Russian threats expose costly weaknesses
BRUSSELS, Oct 16 — Just hours after some 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace last month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said it was time for Europe to build a “drone wall” to protect its eastern flank.Drone incidents over airports in Denmark and Germany in the following weeks reinforced European leaders’ view that the continent urgently needs better protection against such threats.But the “drone wall” proposal remains i…
The EU plans to have a so-called "drone wall" fully operational and integrated within a "network-based drone capability" by the end of 2027, according to a leaked copy of the 2030 Defence Readiness Roadmap seen by Euronews. The document, which the European Commission will officially unveil on Thursday, is based on months of talks between the EU executive and member states to completely overhaul the bloc's defence policy in the face of an increas…
The European Commission wants to make its anti-drones 'wall' fully operational by 2027.
NATO, EU working together on drone wall to protect Europe, Rutte says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Wednesday before a meeting with defence ministers that the military alliance and the European Union were working together in their efforts to set up a drone wall to protect member countries from drone incursions. Read full story
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