“Europe must be ready to build "million drones" to defend itself against possible Russian attacks,” urged the EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, quoted by Sky News. As he explained, action must be taken now to make a strong army. However, he pointed out that the main focus should remainder on the ability to proceed technological development.
The interviews of many European countries and experts observe that Russian Federation in the next fewer years it will be ready to impact on any of the NATO countries. In relation to the threat, the EU Defence Commissioner says Andrius Kubilius – Europe must "now" take action to make an army of drones, That should count millions of drones.
Lithuanian politician warned that European possible would gotta face Vladimir Putin's army, which is “probed in battle”. – Russia may have about 5 million drones, So we request to make more opportunities to win," said Sky News Kubilius.
War Russia – Ukraine. The drones have changed the battlefield.
The authors of the publication point out that War in Ukraine It released a revolution that was done by utilizing drones on a modern battlefield. The first signals about the power of comparatively inexpensive unmanned possible could be seen as early as the fall of 2020 during the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan In Mountain Karabach.
According to estimates, drones are expected to be liable for about 80 percent of the Russian casualties on the front. Kubilius personally went to Ukraine to learn the lessons that appear from the experiences of the armed forces there.
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The authors of the publication indicate that on the front line are the alleged valley of death. Nothing can decision there. Everything is controlled by drones. The conventional tank in this region survives six minutes – the EU Commissioner explained.
Millions of drones. Race between Moscow and Kiev
Ukrainians in the reality of war created a large drone industry, developing and developing fresh models. As expected this year they are to produce in full over 4 million unmanned people.
The Commissioner from Lithuania utilized the example of his own father in his calculations on Europe's defence needs. Pointing out that The border of his country with Belarus and Russia is about 900 kmIn his opinion, the Lithuanian army will gotta have a figure of about Three million drones A year. He stressed that in the face of constant competition both Ukrainians and Russians are constantly improving their weapons.
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That is why he believes that there is no point in producing a large fleet of crewless people, which will become technologically delayed over time and will no longer be competitive for Russian rivals. As he pointed out, alternatively Europe needs a adequate number of people glassed in terms of service, engineers and manufacturerswho, in due course, will be able to decision to mass-scale drone production.
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– There are presently only 2 armies on the European continent, which have been tested in combat and are able to usage millions of drones: 1 is Russian, which plans fresh aggressions, the another is Ukrainian – he explained.
He argued that we should learn from Kiev – how to organize defence against massive drone attacks and how to make an innovative defence industry. Sky News notes that many experts agree with this view.
