Eastern Europe wants to build a “drone” to preserve Russia

Defense against Russian aggression Eastern Europe is considering “a drone wall”. The idea is to use sensors, drones, and anti -limb systems arranged along Russia’s borders to deter and destroy drones. The project is ambitious and will require unprecedented cooperation from multiple countries to withdraw.

René Ehusalo, the group’s director of the Estonian Defense Industry Association, told Gizmodo that cooperation is essential. He said: “We want this to be an international project. The situation has changed in Europe in the past few years until the past few months. We do not see that it is improving and we need to be prepared. If we show a collective strength … we can put an end to this type of aggression.”

Ehasalu is a type of diplomat for the Estonian defense industry. Through the association, cooperation is coordinated between different companies and the government. He was working to obtain defense companies throughout Europe with the project.

The border between Eastern Europe and Russia is long and complex. It includes dense forests, swamps, and snowy mountainous terrain. It works across multiple countries. Protecting him from an aggressive neighbor represents a difficult problem. Last year, Estonia’s Interior Minister Lori Laimit proposed a unique solution: building a drone.

“As a project for this scale, it is unique. Supervisory aircraft and the ability of the Bronch Control is very important to deter and face the activities of our eastern neighbor’s influence.” When he announced the initiative.

Ehasalu Gizmodo told Estonia and other countries that saw Russia’s war in Ukraine with horror. Moscow’s use of drones was a special concern. “We see that the Russians do not care about what they bomb and how they bombed it,” he said. “Drones are one of the main articles of chaos in the battlefield, which destroys the civil infrastructure … One of the main lesson is that the Russians use anything they can bomb from everything. The drones here to stay.”

Done -drones are cheap and effective and Russia plans to build thousands of them. A new factory in Belarus, a Russian ally between Eastern European countries looking to deter Russia, has a new factory he says You will build 100,000 drones in 2025. “The collective excels over the quality,” said Issalu. “It is not possible to use millions (from dollars) of missiles to land drones. You need some smart systems to track and download.”

The smart system that it suggests and the others is a wall of unique weapons -backed sensors. All of this will be a drug addict to artificial intelligence to help identify the goal and detection. “Humans cannot see everything, and they cannot discover everything. We felt tired and so on. Artificial intelligence can help us in this aspect,” said Ihasalo. “Yes, there will always be a human presence, but we are trying to make it as independent as possible. Then there are different discovery layers: sound sensors, infrared cameras, discover RF, then the UAS mobile. All of these things constitute these layers.”

Easalo said he had received a few defense companies. One is Rantelon, a Estonian company that built a jamming I stopped improvised explosive devices From the bombing in Iraq. The plan is to use a similar device for drones.

Another company on the plane is Frankenburg Technologies, which works on cheap mini missiles to remove drones from the sky. The stadium is that frankenburg can make missiles cheaper and faster, making them an affordable solution to launch kadakobra from the sky. The system was It was tested in Ukraine earlier this year.

The wall still has a long way before it is a reality. “There has been not allocating money yet. But what we see is that Europe is doing a lot of effort in defense,” said Ihasalo.

But Ehasalu is sure of the plan and its future. The European Union plans to spend $ 870 billion in defense during the next four years. Germany just voted for Defense spending From some budget rules. Experts believe that the country can spend $ 652 billion over the next ten years of defense.

“These are huge sums of money … What we hope is that these allocations will not stop or lose in the bureaucracy because we need these capabilities very quickly. We do not have much time and the only way in which you can restore the aggressor is to show strength and commitment.”

Estoni and many other Eastern European countries were in the past, Soviet states, and Ihasalo said that the memory of Russian government and persecution was a strong catalyst. He said: “There were really difficult times … We know very well the Russians and see through their agenda. We are always prepared.” “We are not afraid. Our nation is enthusiastic. We are one of the great examples of what the Soviet Union’s collapse can do if you make the right options. We know that there is something on the other side of the border. We are always ready but we never let fear take care.”