@jolyonUkraine is updating its tactics faster than Europe can construct the defensive infrastructure needed to match them. Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs warns that the drone war in Ukraine is evolving at a pace where countermeasures planned today could already be obsolete by next summer. He points out that several Russian missiles are difficult for many European nations to intercept, especially as military pressure near NATO territory continues to climb. A major bottleneck involves the conflict in Iran, which has consumed the Patriot interceptor stocks that Europe relies on for high-end air defense. While battlefield conditions shift within months, European defense factories require years just to expand their capacity. This creates a critical mismatch between industrial timelines and the speed of modern warfare evolution. Source: The Guardian / Writers: Lucas, Oliver

@jolyonUkraine is updating its tactics faster than Europe can construct the defensive infrastructure needed to match them. Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs warns that the drone war in Ukraine is evolving at a pace where countermeasures planned today could already be obsolete by next summer. He points out that several Russian missiles are difficult for many European nations to intercept, especially as military pressure near NATO territory continues to climb. A major bottleneck involves the conflict in Iran, which has consumed the Patriot interceptor stocks that Europe relies on for high-end air defense. While battlefield conditions shift within months, European defense factories require years just to expand their capacity. This creates a critical mismatch between industrial timelines and the speed of modern warfare evolution. Source: The Guardian / Writers: Lucas, Oliver