Estonia’s CV90s Bolster Layered Counter-Drone Defense – A Model for NATO’s Eastern Flank?
In the shadow of the ongoing war in Ukraine, Estonia has rapidly adapted its Ground-Based Air Defenses (GBAD) to confront the proliferating threat of unmanned aerial systems… 
In the shadow of the ongoing war in Ukraine, Estonia has rapidly adapted its Ground-Based Air Defenses (GBAD) to confront the proliferating threat of unmanned aerial systems. Central to this evolution is the integration of its existing fleet of CV9035 infantry fighting vehicles into a sophisticated, multi-layered counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) architecture. Far from being mere troop carriers, these tracked vehicles now serve as mobile kinetic effectors within a broader network that draws on real-time sensor fusion, centralized command, and a mix of soft- and hard-kill options. This approach reflects hard-won lessons from Ukrainian battlefields, where massed drone swarms…
