Air defence in all its forms remains the single greatest priority for Ukraine, a senior NATO military official has said, setting out the five capability areas that Kyiv has identified as most urgent.
On the sidelines of the NATO Defence Ministers’ meeting, the UK Defence Journal was told that the requirements were grounded in Ukraine’s own battlefield experience and reflected what the country believed it needed “to protect its population, sustain combat operations, regenerate combat power, and build future capability”.
At the top of the list, the official said, was air defence, with Ukraine needing “all forms of air defense”, from high-end interceptors to counter-drone guns, sensors, command and control systems and electronic warfare, because the threat was layered and, in the official’s words, “the defence must be” layered too.
Second came drones and long-range effectors, where the official stressed that the requirement was “not just for more drones” but for a full ecosystem around them, taking in interceptor drones, unmanned ground vehicles, long-range one-way attack systems, software, training, production and sustainment.
Third was artillery ammunition, with the fight remaining highly dependent on guns alongside what drones now brought, requiring extended-range artillery, rocket ammunition, air-to-ground munitions and energetics, the last of which the official said was often less visible than larger platforms but remained “essential”, covering mines, explosive propellants and repurposed energetics that underpin Ukrainian production. The fifth priority was electronic warfare, which the official described as now central to survivability and lethality, protecting forces, disrupting enemy drones and shaping the effectiveness of long-range strike.
The official framed the five priorities as an interconnected whole rather than a shopping list, warning that providing platforms without sustainment created only short-term effects, that capabilities without training had limited impact, and that if allies treated each requirement in isolation they would “miss the way modern combat power” is actually generated.yes
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And to state the obvious, a layered GBAD is important for the UK and rest of Europe too. Protect people, assets, infrastructure and the environment.
Q63,
Agreed, this should probably be a wish list for all ENATO. Whether HMT provides MoD w/ presents or coal in their pre-holiday stocking (aka the DIP) will become evident in approximately two weeks, or perhaps sooner. 🤔🎁🤞
We have a very effective GBAD systems in sky Sabre for any low level threat but ABM capability should be the UK’s number one priority from the SDR. Unfortunately every off the shelf solution including SAMP/T now has a massive waiting list.
Our military mindset will also be highly reluctant to purchase ABM as it doesn’t fit in with the army’s preferred colonial policing role. No chance the RAF will want to invest either.
GBAD is it even under Consideration for the UK ?
No.
HMG had previously announced a 1 billion injection into this area, though I suspect, despite their spin on “homeland defence” that just means more Sky Sabre and SHORAD replacement for the field Army ( now renamed back to Land Forces. )