Six NATO countries—Finland, Norway, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—are planning to build a coordinated drone defence system loosely called the “Drone Wall,” because of increased security worries and tensions along their borders with Russia. This call to action comes at a time when the security landscape is becoming increasingly complex, particularly with Russia’s heightened activities along its borders. Russian decree proposing revised maritime borders with Lithuania and Finland in the Baltic Sea sparked concern in the region.

Many NATO countries believe Russia could test NATO’s border within the next five to 10 years, while intelligence services have uncovered a number of assumed sabotage operations on their soil. Russia’s war against Ukraine has highlighted the importance of drones, with both sides using them in attacks with great success. Several NATO countries have responded by setting up or intensifying their drone warfare units. More than two years of war in Ukraine has spurred on lightning-fast innovations in airborne, land-based, and waterborne drones. Drones fill the skies above Ukraine, with both Russia and Ukraine battling it out to stay ahead of the other.

Lithuanian Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė said; “We still have a lot of questions; we need to look at all those algorithms. Drills would be very valuable as we would look at things, evaluate them and we would strengthen our preparedness.”

Drones yield an offensive advantage. The idea for the “Drone........

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