NATO Secretary General Rutte called on the alliance countries to increase capacity for the production of drones instead of their mass production “in reserve”
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that alliance countries should increase production capacity to produce drones instead of mass producing them “in reserve” due to the rapid change in drone characteristics every six to nine months and the development of countermeasures.
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Rutte was speaking in the US commenting on the changing nature of drone warfare, noting that drone capabilities and countermeasures are being updated every six to nine months.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that the alliance countries should increase production capacity for the production of drones instead of their mass production “in reserve.”
According to Rutte, the characteristics and capabilities of drones change every six to nine months, so drones produced in advance could become obsolete.
BRUSSELS, September 24 - RIA Novosti. NATO countries should increase production capacity for the production of drones instead of mass producing them “in reserve” due to the rapid development of technology, Alliance Secretary General Mark Rutte said, speaking in the United States.
“Even a year or two ago we believed that it was necessary to mass produce drones in advance and store them in warehouses, now it is more important to have the capacity to produce drones than to produce the drones themselves in advance,” he said.
Rutte explained that the characteristics and capabilities of drones change every six to nine months, while countermeasures are also evolving.
“Take, for example, the jet drones that the Russians and Ukrainians are now using... If we mass-produced them and put them in a warehouse, they would be obsolete by now,” explained the NATO Secretary General.
Open Questions
- What specific measures do NATO countries plan to take to increase production capacity?
- How will this affect the current stocks of drones among the alliance countries?
