New index to assess European readiness for drone attacks
Pilot assessments in Germany and Poland are planned for November, with organizers hoping to reach 16 other countries in 2027.
New Age Defense and Ukrainian think tank BRDO launched an index on Oct. 30 designed to measure how prepared European countries are for drone attacks and identify ways to strengthen their defenses.
The Drone Security Index gives equal weight to four aspects of readiness: detecting drones, preventing attacks, responding to them and recovering afterward. Countries receive scores out of 100. A result above 87.5 indicates high preparedness, while anything below 50 means a country is considered totally unprepared.
Taras Yemchura, who heads BRDO's Defense Policy Sector, said the index is intended to support planning rather than rank countries against one another. He said it draws on Ukraine's experience countering attacks, assessing damage and adjusting defenses, alongside NATO and EU approaches to infrastructure resilience.
New Age Defense, a European-Ukrainian defense technology alliance, said 129 drone incidents were recorded in 18 EU countries between the beginning of 2022 and October 2026. Germany accounted for 23 confirmed attacks since 2022, placing it behind only Romania, according to the alliance.
Germany and Poland will undergo pilot assessments in November. The organizers then hope to extend the work to 16 other countries in 2027, including countries on NATO's eastern flank, Canada and the U.K.
