Holiday Ayo - The European Union has officially launched an initiative to build a "drone wall" along the eastern side of the continent, amid alarming airspace violations by Russia.

However, the German Defense Minister remains skeptical about the technology.

The core of the drone wall project is a multi-layered drone defense system called Eirshield, an anti-drone platform developed by DefSecIntel and the Latvian company, Origin Robotics.

This system uses radar, cameras, and radio frequency detectors to track drones' direction and threat level to determine whether an enemy drone should be jammed or blocked, or whether it should be attacked with another drone.

Agris Kipurs, co-founder and CEO of Origin Robots, said the system is fully automated, enabling attacks with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).

Everything from drone detection to interception is done automatically.

As quoted by detikINET from TVPWorld, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius voiced skepticism about the feasibility of the drone wall proposed by countries on the eastern side of the

European Union and NATO to defend against Russian and Belarusian airstrikes. He believes it will take a long time to implement.

"I really appreciate the idea of a drone wall, but we have to be careful about managing expectations. We're not talking about a concept that will be realized in the next three or four years," he said.

"We have to think and act based on priorities, and I think there are other priorities. We need more capabilities and capacity," Boris added.

Contrary to Boris's sentiment, Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans argued that anti-drone technology can be developed or acquired quickly.

"We need to work with Ukraine and act much faster than we do now. We don't have time because drone attacks are already happening," Brekelmans said.

Furthermore, it would be too costly to deploy fighter jets or expensive defense systems to counter cheap Russian drones.

"The drone wall initiative is timely and necessary. Ultimately, we can't afford to spend millions of euros or dollars on missiles to destroy drones, which cost a few thousand dollars. We need a drone wall," said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.