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On 4 August a drone carrying plastic explosive struck a cargo aircraft at Leipzig/Halle, a NATO airlift hub. It lay on the tarmac for about…
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On 4 August a drone carrying plastic explosive struck a cargo aircraft at Leipzig/Halle, a NATO airlift hub. It lay on the tarmac for about four hours before anyone found it.
Our new article argues that Europe's counter-drone problem is not primarily a sensor problem. The IISS counted 144 incursions across 13 countries in 15 months. What failed was the layer that fuses fragments into one picture and turns that picture into an authorised, defensible decision.
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Four Hours on the Tarmac — Europe's Drone Problem Is a Decision Problem
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