AI-driven warfare
The ARRCADE STRIKE exercise included hundreds of personnel from Britain, France, Italy and the U.S. to test the ability to plan a potential future operation involving up to 100,000 people, as well as the use of AI-driven targeting and planning for electromagnetic and drone warfare.
AI-driven tools such as ASGARD — made in collaboration with private sector companies including American tech giant Palantir — will be used in order to speed up decision-making on the battlefield. These tools allow for weapons to be automatically assigned to targets to make sure expensive ammunition isn’t wasted on enemy drones, and to counter Russia’s own adoption of AI in warfare.
General Alexus Grynkewich, supreme allied commander Europe, described ARRC as “essential for our NATO plans” and that it will draw upon “the lessons learned from Ukraine and Operation Epic Fury.”
“Failure to learn, adapt, and apply the lessons we observe on the modern battlefield, and failure to do this faster than our adversaries puts both our deterrence posture and our defense plans at risk,” he added.
The preparation comes as part of NATO and the EU’s attempts to ramp up defense spending and war readiness by 2030 amid the increased threat from Russia.
General Chris Donahue, commander of NATO Land Command, said: “Mission ready by 2030 is not a slogan, it is what we must do.”