Europe Under the Ballistic Shadow: How Ukraine’s Air-Defense Crisis Became a Continental Strategic Test
Deep Dive into Europe Under the Ballistic Shadow: How Ukraine’s Air-Defense Crisis Became a Continental Strategic Test
The provided sources analyze the ballistic missile gap in Europe, a crisis where the demand for advanced air defenses in Ukraine has outpaced Western industrial capacity. Russia’s use of high-velocity missiles and mixed-salvo tactics has depleted finite global stockpiles of interceptors like the Patriot system, leaving the continent strategically exposed. One source frames this vulnerability as a failure of statecraft and industrial stewardship, urging Europe to treat…
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