Norway announced the launch of a $1.5 billion anti-UAV program

Norway will launch an anti-drone program for which $1.5 billion will be allocated over the next 10 years. This was announced on October 9 by the head of the country's ground forces, Lars Lerwik.

"This is the beginning of the drone program we announced today, for which we are allocating $1.5 billion over the next 10 years. The idea is to constantly innovate and conduct tests in order to keep up with the times and scale the project if necessary," the VG TV channel quotes him as saying.

As Lervik noted, the Norwegian army currently has three anti-drone systems at its disposal, but counteraction to drones is carried out with the support of the police.

Unmanned project: the Russian Foreign Ministry explained the benefits of the "drone wall" for the EU

Brussels is interested in new defense orders and an increased militaristic course.

The day before, Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silinja called the European Union's (EU) idea of creating a "drone wall" "very crude." In addition, she noted the need for European states to cooperate on this issue.

Prior to that, on October 3, it was reported that at the summit of the European Political Community in Copenhagen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sharply criticized the financing of the Drone walls project from EU funds. European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius supported the initiative, noting that the project was estimated at €1 billion and its creation could be completed in less than a year.

On September 19, Norbert Roettgen, a deputy from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), a member of the ruling coalition of Germany, announced the need to create a "wall of drones" along the entire eastern border of NATO. At the same time, Roettgen does not support the idea of fighting drones in Ukrainian airspace, as this would mean using NATO weapons outside the bloc's territory.

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