Two former senior US military commanders have said Europe’s aerial shield is not prepared to meet the scale of the threa…

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    What scale? Russia is already scraping the bottom of the barrel to deal with Ukraine.

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      Not having read the article, I assume it has to do with Russia firing a bunch of cheap junk that’s not very precise but can still be deadly and costs a lot less than most of the defenses used to destroy them, and can be sent in such large quantities that the defenses can’t get them all.

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        Great summary! That’s basically what they say. On both ballistic missiles and drones, Europe is nowhere near being able to shut down a major attack.

        Of course, Europe under attack would not respond with the same forced restraint as Ukraine, that for the longest time wasn’t allowed to strike within Russia.

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        Add to that Russia doesn’t need much money to make a drone that can do big damage and has an economy fully directed to that exact goal. So the bottom of the barrel could still be enough to be a problem.