Drone strikes: Europe not well enough prepared according to study
A total of 144 cases were investigated between August 2024 and February 2026 in twelve NATO countries as well as in Ireland
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A total of 144 cases were investigated between August 2024 and February 2026 in twelve NATO countries as well as in Ireland. A study by the London International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), in which the Hanns Seidel Foundation, close to the CSU, was also involved, does not give Europe a good testimony in the fight against Russian drone attacks. European states are currently not even able to clearly attribute the attacks by drones – for example at airports or sensitive military facilities – to Russia, according to the paper of the London Institute.
Furthermore, "It is alarming: Europe is not yet sufficiently prepared for this form of hybrid threat," said the Chairman of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Bavaria's CSU parliamentary leader in the state parliament, Klaus Holetschek. This is based on a study of 144 cases examined.
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A total of 144 cases were investigated between August 2024 and February 2026 in twelve NATO countries as well as in Ireland.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesA study by the London International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), in which the Hanns Seidel Foundation, close to the CSU, was also involved, does not give Europe a good testimony in the fight against Russian drone attacks.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesEuropean states are currently not even able to clearly attribute the attacks by drones – for example at airports or sensitive military facilities – to Russia, according to the paper of the London Institute.
reliability moderate2/2 sources"It is alarming: Europe is not yet sufficiently prepared for this form of hybrid threat," said the Chairman of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Bavaria's CSU parliamentary leader in the state parliament, Klaus Holetschek.
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This is based on a study of 144 cases examined.
according to Handelsblatt – Politik
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