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The European Commission on Thursday said that its newly-unveiled defence roadmap paves the way for the bloc to reclaim its security independence - at least materially.
The 16-page paper builds on months of discussions between the Commission and member states on how to ensure the bloc is ready to defend itself before the turn of the decade when some intelligence agencies have warned Russia could attack another country.
The roadmap's only novelty is that it puts clear timelines and objectives on targets identified in previous documents including the capability priority areas and the four pan-European flagship projects the Commission believes need to be funded as a matter of urgency.
These include the Eastern Flank Watch, of which the so-called drone wall, now renamed the Drone Defence Initiative, is a key pillar, as well as the European Air Shield and the Europe
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