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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