European allies need to overhaul their war-fighting capabilities for a new era of combat, senior military officials from the region said, while warning of the potential threat Russia poses.
Shifting Strategies
NATO’s deputy supreme allied commander in Europe, Air Chief Marshal Sir Johnny Stringer, underlined the need to shift to using mass-produced, low-cost equipment such as drones and interceptors, while becoming less dependent on high-end, expensive platforms that can take years to produce.
Among other priorities was the ability to conduct deep precision strikes and electromagnetic warfare while also bolstering air defences, including to defend against weapons with ranges of thousands of kilometers, he said, addressing the conference hosted by the Royal United Services Institute, a UK-based defence and security think tank.
The grinding war in Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East have driven home the need for a sweeping overhaul of defense strategy, military officials said.
Adapting to New Threats
Current conflicts show that land warfare is “fundamentally changing,” the commander of the German army, Lieutenant General Christian Freuding, said during a presentation on Tuesday.
Artificial intelligence is also having a transformative impact in processing battlefield data, military leaders said. “A corps planning cycle that once took 72 hours can now take one,” said the British Army’s chief of the general staff, General Sir Roly Walker.
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