Some 20 EU member states have signed a letter of intent to intensify cooperation and share the costs of developing common defense systems, Euronews reported.

Strengthening European air and missile defense capabilities is currently one of the priorities of military cooperation within the EU.

A total of 18 EU member states have signed a letter of intent to join forces in this strategic sector. “We are talking about all capabilities, including anti-missile systems and anti-drone systems. This is an important point because air advantage determines the course of the war,” explained Polish State Secretary for National Defense Pawel Xaverius Zalewski.

Air and missile defense systems attracted the most interest from European capitals, but the European Defense Agency (EDA) also proposed three other areas: electronic warfare (involving 14 member states), floating munitions (17) and European warships (seven).