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Articles by Lance Landrum
NATO Summit Challenge: Secure Drone Supply
When NATO leaders gather in Ankara for their annual summit, they will grapple with how to respond to the mounting threat of drone warfare. Drone components are now critical infrastructure. The security risk of a drone is rarely found in its carbon fiber frame. It resides in the data transmission devices, flight controllers, ground control stations, navigation systems, and sensors that manage sensitive information.
Russia’s Zapad-2025 - An Exercise in Hostility
Russia and Belarus will launch the main element of their joint military exercise Zapad 2025 on September 12, an event closely watched in Europe and by all NATO allies, given its history as a precursor to escalation. Smaller elements of the drill are already underway. The exercise is officially expected to involve around 13,000 troops, but analysts caution the real number is likely to be far higher. In Zapad 2021, Moscow claimed 12,800 servicemen participated on Belarusian territory.
Defend in the Cloud: Boost NATO Data Resilience
Data is becoming the “currency of warfare.” Since data drives innovation in logistics and weaponry, it must be interoperable among allies, and the best way to secure and share data requires duplicating it and moving it to the cloud. NATO is at a turning point. Rising transatlantic tensions are causing a major rethink, forcing Europe to promise to boost defense spending and consider how it could cope without the US security umbrella.
What Finland and Sweden Bring to NATO
Public support for NATO membership in both countries remains strong, with more than 60% in Sweden and 80% in Finland backing the alliance. With such support for abandoning neutrality, Stockholm and Helsinki have been able to focus on their commitments to NATO’s command and force structures. A lot of work had already been done to integrate into the alliance before they officially joined, through planning, identifying integration and investment opportunities, and their contributions to the .
Russia is struggling to stop Ukraine's drone planes. So would NATO. Original
Rockets, missiles, hypersonic glide vehicles: most modern airborne weapons have one thing in common — they’re fast. In Russia, however, a slow-moving threat from Ukraine is making an unexpected impact. Small, propeller planes loaded with explosives are being flown autonomously to sensitive sites deep within Russian territory. These planes damage refineries and destroy radar sites, among other targets.
NATO needs options to deal with deadly drones. Here are two. Original
THE MODERN BATTLEFIELD IS AS DYNAMIC AS IT IS DEADLY. SMALL, UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS ARE TAKING OUT LARGER WEAPONS FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR. OFTEN TIMES, THE ATTACK VEHICLES ARE THE SAME SORT OF DEVICES YOU CAN BUY AT A STORE, BUT WITH SOME EXTRA KIT. Gordon ‘Skip’ Davis: It’s a component of a larger group of capabilities that will make a difference on the battlefield.
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