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The drone swarm is coming, and NATO air defenses are too expensive to cope

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2026-03-23

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Dan Robinson

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NATO is urged to urgently overhaul and scale up its defenses against cheap, mass-produced drones—drawing on Ukrainian experience—by fielding layered, attritable systems produced at scale, improving software interoperability and C2 integration, and investing in training and industrial "magazine depth" rather than relying solely on expensive interceptors.

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