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One year after the EU’s Roadmap, progress is mixed, with 15 milestones on track, 17 behind schedule and 13 unclear. The report urges Europe to prioritise critical defence gaps.Learning Outcomes
- Explain the purpose and progress of the EU Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030, including its key objectives, flagship projects, and milestone outcomes after its first year of implementation.
- Assess the challenges affecting European defence readiness, including funding constraints, member-state coordination, industrial capacity limitations, and reliance on the United States for critical military capabilities.
- Evaluate priority capability areas for strengthening European security, such as drones, air and missile defence, deep-strike systems, and strategic enablers, and explain why these should be prioritised over duplicating capabilities already provided by the US.
