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> Convergent Drone Threat Drives Ukrainian and NATO Air Defense Buildout

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The cross-border drone warfare cycle is simultaneously pushing Ukraine to scale semi-autonomous anti-Shahed interception and NATO to forward-deploy air defense to the Baltic states, with battle-proven Ukrainian tech informing allied posture.

// Cascade Logic

Persistent drone spillover → Ukrainian interception scaling + NATO Baltic air-defense deployment; Ukrainian counter-drone maturation feeds allied adoption

// Causal Graph

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// Causal Links

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Battle-proven Ukrainian semi-autonomous interception against Shahed-class drones validates layered counter-UAS doctrine that NATO can replicate in its Baltic air-defense deployments.