Ukrainian military personnel arrived in Denmark this week to share their unique knowledge of drone warfare with Danish colleagues. The move comes following a series of incidents in the skies above Danish airports and other strategic sites involving suspicious drone activity that may be linkedto Russia.
Denmark is not the only NATO country looking to learn from Ukraine’s experience. When Russian drones penetrated Polish airspace in early September, Poland’s response included plans to establish joint anti-drone training together with the Ukrainian military. Meanwhile, The Timesreported earlier this year that Ukrainian military instructors had been dispatched to the UK to train British forces in the use of drones on the modern battlefield.
Ukraine is also increasingly recognized as a global leader in the development of drone technologies. The country boasts a rapidly expanding domestic drone industry that has been turbo-charged by more than three and a half years of full-scale war with Russia. This has created a fertile climate for relentless innovation and made it possible to test new drone designs in combat conditions on a daily basis.
The results speak for themselves. Ukrainian drones have excelled along the front lines of the conflict and have allowed Kyiv to turn the tide in the Battle of the Black Sea. Far beyond Ukraine’s borders, the country’s growing fleet of bomber drones now routinely strike targets deep inside the Russian Federation.
Many partner countries are understandably eager to incorporate Ukrainian drone technologies into their own defense doctrines. Britain recently confirmed that it will begin mass producing drones developed in collaboration with Ukraine as part of efforts to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank against the threat of Russian incursions. A Ukrainian delegation reportedly set off for the United States in late September to begin discussions on a potentially major drone production cooperation agreement.
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