Jul. 9 at 2:07 AM
$OSS NATO allies have agreed to a massive new security plan to pour more than
$40 billion into anti-drone defenses over the next five years. Announced by Secretary General Mark Rutte at a major defense forum in Ankara, Turkey, the initiative represents a direct response to how inexpensive, readily available drones have transformed modern battlefields from Europe to the Middle East.
The new program, officially named the Drone Edge initiative, focuses heavily on tracking and disabling low-cost flying threats before they can cause severe damage to military troops or civilian neighborhoods. Recent conflicts, particularly the war in Ukraine, have proven that cheap, mass-produced drones can easily bypass older, multi-million-dollar air defense networks, causing heavy casualties and destroying expensive military hardware.
