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Is NATO ready to fight? The Ukraine war is raising doubts among military analysts
Yahoo News UK • • world
Key Points:
- The Ukraine war has accelerated battlefield developments, exposing NATO's risk of relying on outdated weapons and tactics due to its slower procurement processes compared to Ukraine's rapid adaptations.
- Cheap drones have significantly changed warfare dynamics, rendering traditional tanks vulnerable and making troops in groups or convoys easier targets, challenging NATO's conventional military strategies.
- NATO exercises still assume air superiority, which is increasingly uncertain given the proliferation of stealthy, long-range drones, highlighting a gap in current training and operational assumptions.
- Europe’s heavy reliance on U.S. air and missile defense systems like the Patriot has revealed strategic vulnerabilities, prompting efforts to develop independent alternatives such as the French-Italian SAMP/T-NG system and the Freyja consortium.
- Ukraine is playing a growing role in educating NATO on modern warfare tactics, particularly in drone and electronic warfare, though NATO's bureaucratic inertia hampers the swift integration of these lessons.
