Europe & NATOPremium
NATO Needs to Dronify or Die
A veteran drone operator advising Ukraine's high command argues that drones have made battlefields transparent and massed forces suicidal — and that NATO's token spending leaves it years behind Russia.
Illya Sekirin • July 1, 2026
A veteran drone operator advising Ukraine's high command argues that drones have made battlefields transparent and massed forces suicidal — and that NATO's.
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