Brussels (AP) – NATO is stepping up Aerial surveillance In the Baltic Sea, France, Germany and Sweden are stepping up Danish air defenses this week on a series of troubling drone incidents near the country’s airport and military bases ahead of two summits in Copenhagen.
The number of serious airspace violations in Europe has skyrocketed this month as well. Russian fighter plane. However, we do not agree with the way that all NATO allies respond. Poland is ready to use deadly forces. Others say it must be a last resort.
Regardless of who is responsible in Denmark, the European leader is Russia. NATO Test. It is the economic burden of allies to observe how Western military forces respond and counter intrusions by relatively inexpensive drones.
NATO began operations after the drone incident in Poland East Sentryand are among the UK and allies to send more air defense equipment.
However, these deployments could also deprive Ukraine of the air defense systems they need from its allies. NATO must step on the tightrope walk in response.
Use of lethal force
Polish message is dull. It intends to shoot down intruders through its territory.
“If another missile or aircraft is maliciously or mistakenly entered our space without permission and shot down and the wreckage falls on NATO territory, please do not come here,” Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski told the Russian UN delegation last week. “You’re being warned.”
Poland activates air defense over the weekend during a major Russian attack on Ukraine.
Defense is a national privilege, even within the world’s largest military alliance. Poland and Finland, for example, may use their strength to protect their territory. US President Donald Trump agreed that European countries should be able to shoot intruders.
The responsibility for that action lies in the country involved. However, NATO could be more cautious in joint operations using aircraft and equipment depicted from the 32 Country Alliance.
NATO Executive Director Mark Latte said last week that “we must act decisively and promptly,” but emphasized the importance of “always assessing the threat level” to see if force is needed.
The top NATO soldiers will be decided
General Alexus Glinkywich, the highest commander of NATO in Europe, manages airspace violations.
Although NATO’s engagement rules are categorized, Grynkewich knows the weapons and ammunition he has, and what restrictions his allies use. More than 30 air stations have aircraft running for offices.
His choice is based on intelligence regarding the threats raised. That includes understanding the aircraft’s intentions and weapons, and the risks, or shooting down, could represent NATO forces, civilians, and infrastructure.
The response must also be proportional. Spending millions of dollars to stop relatively inexpensive drones is not sustainable. Sometimes it’s best to escort the aircraft, as NATO did when three Russian jets plunged into Estonian outer space.
“Invasions of each airspace bind NATO,” Rafael’s loss from the European Council of Foreign Relations states in a security analysis.
“If they intercept (and potentially involved) intruders, they risk providing Russia with valuable insight into NATO reaction times and engagement procedures. If they ignore them, there is a risk that will encourage Russian infringement of Allied airspace,” he said.
Pressure on the pilot
Pierre Henri Chuette, the French Navy Colonel, who flew Super Atender and Rafale fighter jets for the French Navy, said the stress on the pilot increased the risk of miscalculation and actual conflict.
“Pilots will have to be very careful, and the chain of command should be particularly careful about how they can explain the pilot simply to know what an adversarial act, hostile intentions, what an attack is and what it is not.”
“To start a fire is a truly, really, really, really, really last resort,” he said.
Miscalculation price
Overreactions can incur even greater costs. Russia’s French ambassador, Alexei Meshkov, has already warned that defeating Russian aircraft would cause war, and NATO warns that he would not want to be drawn into conflict with nuclear-armed enemies.
Already in 2015, turkeys from Russia and NATO allies came on the brink of a conflict that opened after the Turkish F-16 Shooting down Russian bomber Kill a pilot near the Syrian border. Russia retaliated against the sanctions.
In 1983, a Korean Air flight turned into Soviet airspace before being fired down with an air-to-air missile, with all 269 people on board. It caused a huge surge in tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.
The value of deterrence
Ultimately, NATO’s ability to prevent airspace violations depends on its strength in deterrent effects. Not only are they military power, but they also have a political will to use weapons freely.
But for now, US leadership appears silent. Coincidentally, serious airspace violations have been occurring since Trump’s summit with President Vladimir Putin in Alaska In August, when US leaders dropped demands for a ceasefire in Ukraine.
In response to the Poland drone incident, Trump said “it could have been a mistake.” Last week he said the US would “continue to supply NATO with weapons to do what NATO wants with them.”
And so far, the US has not sent military equipment to counter airspace violations.
“Through these continuous invasions, Putin has shown that he is not upset. After all, Putin aims to leave Europeans by showing off his pranks at a low cost.
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Paris AP writer John Leicester contributed to this report.
