NATO aims to significantly enhance its air defenses through increased defense spending, addressing critical gaps in command, control, and weaponry as threats from Russia grow. With the urgency highlighted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it becomes clear that the West must reconsider its current air defense capabilities. Experts emphasize that while increased funding for ground-based air defenses is crucial, simply allocating funds will not quickly resolve the issues. Building production capacity for necessary weaponry is critical for effective crisis response and increasing military readiness in the long term.
NATO plans to invest money from soaring alliance defense spending into a fivefold increase in air defenses, but revitalizing capabilities ignored since the end of the Cold War is easier said than done.
Defense experts say higher spending is warranted, especially on ground-based air defenses, but the alliance can't expect a quick fix from money alone.
NATO faces a significant shortfall in ground-based air defense systems, both with the number of systems and ammunition supplies for them.
Fixing the issue is much more a question of building production capacity at every stage in the supply chain as rapidly as possible as part of a crisis response.
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