Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Aviation Trends, Air Traffic Control and Drone Activity: Discussion
1:30 pm
Mr. Philip Hughes:
That would be a challenge, but we should not forget that the military is also examining its own ability to respond to near-war conditions, particularly in light of the circumstances in Ukraine. If I look farther east, I see that Poland has many military training areas. It is the same in the Baltic countries. In Riga, there are very large military airspaces, and that is because of the political situation. This is being examined, and there are more exercises involving joint co-operation. The relevant authorities learned lessons when the situation arose in 2022 in Ukraine, consequent to which they had to re-evaluate how they worked together and so on. They have a challenging agenda to do that but they are committed to using some of the tools to reduce dependency or increase efficiency of airspace.
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