US EditionUkrainian Drone Operators Crushed NATO Troops During Exercises. Here’s How
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Ten Ukrainians are said to have beaten thousands of NATO soldiers in Estonia in a simulation with small drones. On the weekend, Turkey impressed with a much larger and foldable device in the Baltic Sea.
"We are not ready for the drone threat," defense expert Patrick Bolder concludes, following the failure of a large-scale NATO exercise in Estonia last year. The Wall Street Journal reported that "serious tactical shortcomings and vulnerabilities" of NATO forces were exposed in drone warfare.
NATO is not ready for modern warfare in the near future. That's the conclusion of a major exercise held in Estonia last May, The Wall Street Journal reports. Several sources report a commander who observed everything and came to a startling conclusion: "We are screwed!"
Ukrainian Drone Operators Crushed NATO Troops During Exercises. Here’s How
Ukrainian military units have shared new details about how a small team of drone operators outperformed a larger NATO formation during multinational exercises in Estonia, offering insight into the tactics behind what Western media previously described as a striking outcome. According to The Wall Street Journal on September 2, a Ukrainian team participating in the Hedgehog exercise in Estonia simulated the destruction of multiple armored vehicles…
In May 2025, 16 thousand Estonian soldiers and army units from 11 other NATO countries took part in exercises in Estonia, and Ukrainian drone experts were invited as trainers to share their experience, and the results of the drone exercise were "awful" for NATO forces, as described by former BLA coordinator in the Estonian Defence League, Ayvar Hanniotti, author of The Wall Street Journal, Gillian Kay Melkior.
Large-scale military exercises in Estonia have revealed serious weaknesses in NATO's preparations for modern, drone-dominated conflicts, reports the WSJ.
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