Aircraft efficiency is only 15%: NATO is looking for cheap weapons against drones of the Russian Federation - Politico

Expensive F-16 and F-35 fighters, fuel tanks, DRLV aircraft, and Patriot worked in the sky, launched rockets for $ 400,000. As a result, 3-3 UAVs of 19-23, which flew to Poland, were knocked down. Meanwhile, Ukraine shows up at the level of 80-90%every time, the article is said. NATO decided to turn to the experience of Ukrainians and change something in their own air defense system.

The media recalled the events in Poland and specified that the F-35 worked for five Russian purposes that were flying in the direction of a military base in Rzeszow (not all). The result of the reflection of Moscow drone shows that it is "between the cheap equipment of Russia and the road military response. " "What do we do, send F-16 and F-35 every time? It is not viable.

We need to better equip ourselves with the systems of fighting drones,"-said the media position of representative Ulrke Franke from the European Council on International Relations. The article noted that the NATO air defense system is considered to be the weakest link in defense. It is for these considerations of the EU that SAFE has allocated 135 billion euros for improving Europe's air protection.

At the same time, they take into account the experience of Ukraine, which does not think that expensive Patriot, SAMP/T "is not the best option". Politico lists what steps have taken or plan to take: NATO plans to change the procurement strategy. In particular, in order to quickly establish defense against the Russian Federation, they will not require the manufacturers of service for 20 years and buy small batches of 10, 15, 20, 50 units.

"It does not matter whether the company that develops will not be able to provide maintenance for 20 years, because in a year this thing will either disappear or outdated," - summed up the head of the General Staff of French Defense General Tierry Burkhard for Politico. NATO responded to the appearance of drones in Poland, which took place on the night of September 10.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched more than 400 drones of different types and about 40 rockets in Ukraine, and 19-23 UAVs flew into the territory of the neighboring country. The incident confirmed Poland's operational command: it also clarified that they decided to use weapons. In the morning, the authorities reported that 3-4 drones of the Russian Federation were neutralized from 19-23 (numbers differ from representatives of the authorities and in the media calculations).

The rest of the drones fell in different regions of Poland: most in the Eastern Voivodes, but at least one reached the Baltic. One drone of the Herbera type caught on power wires and fell on the house of a couple of Poles in the Lublin Voivodeship: people were not injured.