Is NATO Ready for Russia's Next Move? - Silicon Curtain

Edition No247 | 23-09-2025 - A dangerous new line is being drawn in Europe’s skies — not just over Ukraine, but over Poland, the Baltics, Scandinavia. Russia is weaponizing the civilian skies, just as it has sought to weaponize everything else – energy, food, raw materials, internet cables and culture.

If leaders and experts are surprised by the rapid escalation by Russia – hard on the heels of the drone incursion into Poland – then they have not been paying attention, either to events, or to Russia’s strategic military doctrine. Moscow Rules. The next step will also come as a shock to them, as it unfolded very quickly and at scale. Drone swarms, fighter-jets, shattered international norms, and warnings fired off in the corridors of the UN. What does it mean when airspace becomes a battleground? And what are Russia’s aims through this aggression?