NATO and Ukraine are teaming up to fight Russia's hard-to-kill weapons

"NATO and Ukraine are teaming up in a race to field cheap, quick-turn defenses against some of Russia's toughest weapons to stop - glide bombs and drones guided by fiber-optic cables. Several of these projects are already in testing, military officials directly involved told Business Insider, with the aim of protecting Ukraine now and equipping NATO with new tools for a future fight. The clock, however, is constantly working against them. The war in Ukraine is moving fast, with both sides rapidly developing new weapons and tactics. By the time a countermeasure is ready, it risks being outdated."

"JATECopened in February with the goal of using real-time lessons from the Ukraine war to inform NATO's defense planning. Based in Bydgoszcz, Poland, the operation - a collaborative effort by Kyiv and the West - sought to identify low-cost solutions to Russia's biggest battlefield threats. The initiatives are intended to progress rapidly from concept to testing to fielding in Ukraine, while also expanding NATO's defensive arsenal for potential high-intensity conflicts. Ozga said that the relationship is mutually beneficial: NATO lacks Ukraine's battlefield experience, while Kyiv doesn't have the same capacity for analysis. "So we are supporting each other," he said."

NATO and Ukraine are collaborating to quickly develop low-cost countermeasures against glide bombs and fiber-optic-guided drones. Several projects are already in testing to protect Ukraine immediately and to provide NATO with tools for future high-intensity conflicts. The operational tempo of the war imposes a risk that countermeasures will be outdated by the time they reach the field. JATEC, based in Bydgoszcz, Poland, opened in February to apply real-time battlefield lessons to NATO defense planning. The partnership combines Ukraine's frontline experience with NATO's analytical and fielding capacity to accelerate concept-to-deployment cycles.

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