Europe is still debating billion-euro packages for high-tech defense, while Russian drones are already crossing NATO borders. Poland, Lithuania, Romania – all are in the spotlight. The threat is real, and it’s cheap: an Iranian Shahed drone costs only tens of thousands of euros. Yet our defense systems still rely on weapons that cost millions – or fighter jets firing missiles worth a family house at a flying moped.
That’s not sustainable. And it’s not effective.
Why a drone defense belt is essential
Drones are no longer a niche problem – they are the weapon of choice in hybrid warfare. They can:
Hit energy facilities, depots, bridges.
Disrupt troop movements.
Intimidate civilian populations.
Ukraine demonstrates every day how dangerous and numerous drones can be. Europe watches, instead of learning from this “laboratory of war.”
Effective protection cannot rely only on Patriots, F-35s, or billion-euro missiles. We need a second net: a continuous, overlapping low-tech defense belt along NATO’s…
