The question that NATO Transformation Command announced is simply a consequence to a increasing threat from Russian gliders. Today, Ukraine is facing it (over 100 specified loads are dropped on average per day), but in the future they may besides pose a threat to the North Atlantic Pact countries. The glider bombs, which Russia has extensively introduced since 2023, let it to operate outside the scope of short and very short scope air defence measures. They can be dropped from a distance of over 50 or even 70-80 km**.
