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The report represents the first time analysts went through national defense programs in search of gaps in the European Union\u2019s overall military capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The document \u201crecommends developing a European capability to counter unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to improve force protection, as well as contributing to establish a European standard for Anti Access\/Area Denial (A2\/AD),\u201d according to a summary released by the European Defence Agency. The analysis \u201cconcludes that European capability approaches towards A2\/AD are clearly at a crossroads, whereby the capability is either developed in a collaborative manner or the capability will not be developed for European forces,\u201d the summary read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent combat operations in the Middle East, Ukraine and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2020\/10\/15\/will-russian-arms-sales-survive-the-azeri-armenian-conflict\/\" target=_blank>Nagorno-Karabakh<\/a> have shown an advantage for forces employing sophisticated aerial drones. In those conflicts, drones were used to spy on enemy formations and destroy tanks and vehicles with such precision that defense analysts have called them gamechangers in modern warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EDA report also recommends member states band together on a new main battle tank that could enter service in the 2030s. 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