{"id":14050,"date":"2026-01-24T20:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/nato-plans-to-strengthen-defenses-on-the-eastern-flank-with-robotic-technology\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T20:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:30:11","slug":"nato-plans-to-strengthen-defenses-on-the-eastern-flank-with-robotic-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/nato-plans-to-strengthen-defenses-on-the-eastern-flank-with-robotic-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO plans to strengthen defenses on the eastern flank with robotic technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nato-otan.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>NATO plans to significantly expand weapons and ammunition stockpiles along its eastern flank and create a new defense zone &#8211; using robotic and automated technology, according to a senior NATO officer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The measures are aimed at strengthening deterrence against Russian attacks,&#8221; Brigadier General Thomas Lowin told &#8220;Welt&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Under a new multi-layered defense concept, NATO will seek to slow or stop an attacker at an early stage using high-tech systems.<\/p>\n<p>Along the alliance&#8217;s borders with Russia and Belarus, a zone will be created that will rely on surveillance, as well as remotely operated or semi-automated systems, which an adversary would have to overcome before advancing further.<\/p>\n<p>Lowin, deputy chief of staff for operations at the U.S. Ground Command NATO in Izmir, said surveillance along the eastern flank would rely on systems that collect data on the ground, in the air, in space and in the digital domain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInformation will be made available to NATO allies in real time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fixed and mobile systems such as radar, acoustic and optical sensors could be used, along with data from satellites, drones and aircraft. reconnaissance.<\/p>\n<p>Along the borders, NATO plans to create what Lowin described as a &#8220;hot zone,&#8221; designed to stop or slow down attackers in the early stages. The area could include armed drones, semi-autonomous combat vehicles, robotic systems and automated air defense capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Lowin also said that NATO has already prepositioned military equipment, and that much larger military stockpiles will be set up in frontline states, including weapons and ammunition for both automated systems and alliance forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the increasing use of automation, the number of troops will not decreases,&#8221; he said, noting that unmanned systems were not enough to deter or stop an adversary in the long term.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO plans to significantly expand weapons and ammunition stockpiles along its eastern flank and create a new defense zone &#8211; using robotic and automated technology, according to a senior NATO officer. &#8220;The measures are aimed at strengthening deterrence against Russian attacks,&#8221; Brigadier General Thomas Lowin told &#8220;Welt&#8221;. 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