NATO's air shield just proved it works — Italian Eurofighters scrambled from Siauliai and dropped a drone over Lithuanian airspace within minutes. That kind of readiness is exactly what the eastern flank needs while Russia keeps escalating its war on Ukraine. Layered air defense protecting a billion allied citizens is worth every euro spent on it.
The drone panic sweeping Europe is manufactured hysteria, not defense policy. Not one Russian shell has ever landed in a NATO or EU country, yet every stray aircraft gets spun into proof of an invasion that was never coming. The real aim is to stoke Russophobia and justify pouring billions into Ukraine and European arms makers while elites dodge blame for their own failures.
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