EU's top general: Europe needs realignment of drone strategy

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EU's top general: Europe needs realignment of drone strategy  In an interview with Euronews, the Chairman of the EU Military Committee, General Sean Clancy, talks about Europe's preparedness for drone and cyber attacks.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/04/eus-top-general-europe-needs-realignment-of-drone-strategy  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The use of drones in the war in Ukraine and the violation of EU airspace by these aircraft

00:06requires a realignment of defence strategy, according to the bloc's top military official.

00:13All military, political and economic structures of the EU must be prepared and ready to defend

00:19themselves, the chairman of the EU military committee, Irish General Sean Clancy, told Euronews.

00:26To that end, the EU and the NATO alliance need to work together more closely.

00:31There is a stronger relationship required between the EU and NATO.

00:36There is a need for coherence.

00:38There is a need to eliminate insofar as practical duplication.

00:42And the drone defence initiative is about actually creating a greater coherence between civil society,

00:48the military and the allies in this instance, of course, and the command and control structure

00:53of NATO. And NATO's role in terms of the defence and the deterrence in Europe is sacrosanct.

01:01To better react to hybrid threats, the EU has launched the Drone Defence Initiative, Clancy said.

01:08With this instrument, Europe recognises the need for a coherent approach across Europe,

01:13as the weaponisation of drones was seen in Denmark, Belgium and Poland.

01:18So this is a pan-European issue. And the hybrid threats are borderless. They're non-discriminatory

01:26when it comes to actually malign actors or deliberate actions that are undertaken in this

01:33sphere. So this is about actually creating a coherent approach across Europe. The first

01:39responsibility, of course, is on individual member states.

01:42The war in Ukraine has led to a combination of trench warfare and the use of drones that

01:48has prevented a front line from moving at any important pace, Clancy said. That's why Europe

01:55has to prepare for the next evolution of war, which should ensure that the bloc has the necessary

02:01resources for research, development and innovation, he concluded.

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