PARIS, France, March 25, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - NATO countries urgently need to rethink how they ensure their defence, but many have yet to fully grasp the scale of the challenge, particularly when it comes to boosting weapons production, a top NATO officer said on Wednesday. Since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has put its economy on a war footing and boosted its weapons production. "Russia has changed," Pierre Vandier, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, told a security and defence forum in Paris. Vandier said that NATO should adapt to produce more weapons and faster, urging allies to make "the right choices." He stressed the need for NATO to respond to challenges such as Russia and Iran mass-producing drones, whose capacities were rapidly evolving.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 25, 2026 17:00 UTC