NATO Eyes Boosting Air Defenses to Repel Drone, Missile Strikes
- Drones, missiles higher concern amid Russia attacks on Ukraine
- NATO considering future capabilities, deputy commander says
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NATO is weighing how to bolster its air and missile defenses to combat threats like the commercially available drones and cruise missiles Russia has used in Ukraine.
The range of challenges the North Atlantic Treaty Organization faces has increased over the past decade, with the ability for both state actors like Russia but also terrorist groups to procure and weaponize drones in the thousands, Air Marshal Johnny Stringer, the deputy commander of NATO’s Allied Air Command said in an interview. The proliferation of cruise missiles and the first operational uses of hypersonic missiles are also a concern, he said.