European Sky Shield Initiatives (Operational Priorities)
Integrated Air & Missile Defence (IAMD)
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About this report
In the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, NATO and EU leaders identified a glaring shortfall in Europe’s ability to defend its skies against the spectrum of air and missile threats.
Integrated Air & Missile Defence (IAMD) had long been a continuous NATO mission, but it was largely oriented towards limited ballistic missile attacks from outside Europe and routine air policing, not the high-intensity salvos of cruise missiles, drones, and hypersonic weapons that a peer adversary like Russia could unleash . The operational priority “European Sky Shield Initiatives” emerged as a direct response to this strategic problem.
Key questions this report answers
- What strategic shortfall in Europe's ability to defend its skies does the European Sky Shield Initiative respond to?
- What mission sets, theatres and threats (cruise missiles, drones, hypersonic weapons) define its scope?
- What force posture, readiness models and command-and-control architecture does integrated air and missile defence require?
- What capability families, technology clusters and industrial-base bottlenecks underpin it?
Inside this report
- Operational Rationale and Strategic Anchoring
- Mission Sets, Theatres, Domains and Scenarios
- Force Posture, Readiness Models and Command-and-Control Architecture
- Capability Families, Tactical Building Blocks and Performance Requirements
- Technology Clusters, Industrial Base, Value Chain and Structural Bottlenecks
Who it's for
Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
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