Estoniya yongeye gushyiraho ingengo y'imari y'ingabo zo kurwanya indege zitagira abapilote n'ibisasu bya gisirikare
Mu mpinduka mu by’ingenzi yatewe n’amasomo yavuye mu ntambara yo muri Ukraine, guverinoma ya Esitoniya yahagaritse gahunda yayo yo kugura imodoka nshya z’intambara zirwanira ku butaka (IFVs) zari ziteganijwe miliyoni 500 z’amayero (amadolari miliyoni 590). Ahubwo, Tallinn izifashisha aya mafaranga mu ndege zitagira abapilote (UAVs), ikoranabuhanga rirwanya indege zitagira abapilote, na sisitemu zigezweho zo kurinda ikirere.
Minisitiri w’Ingabo Hanno Pevkur yatangaje ko igihugu kizongera igihe cyo gukora imodoka za CV90 ubu nibura imyaka icumi. Mu gihe ibihugu bituranye bya Baltique, Lativiya na Lituwaniya birimo kujya mu kugura imodoka nshya zikoresha intwaro, Esitoniya yahisemo uburyo bwo "kuvugurura ibintu mu buryo bwumvikana". Ikigo cy’Ishoramari mu by’Ingabo cya Esitoniya (ECDI) cyemeje ko imodoka zisanzwe—zakuwe mu Buholandi na Noruveje—zizavugururwa hakoreshejwe ibikoresho bishya by’ikoranabuhanga n’intwaro n’uburyo bwo kuzibasira.
Raimond Kaljulaid, umwe mu bagize Komite y’Ingabo z’Igihugu mu Nteko Ishinga Amategeko, yavuze ko iki cyemezo kigaragaza ingamba za gisirikare za Estoniya zo guhangana n’ibibazo. Kubera ko amafaranga akoreshwa mu gisirikare arenga 5% by’umusaruro rusange w’igihugu—ari hejuru cyane y’intego ya OTAN—Kaljulaid yashimangiye ko guhindura ibintu by’ingenzi bisaba ko habaho ubwisanzure mu mikoreshereze y’imari. Yagize ati: “Niba isuzuma ry’ibibazo n’ibyihutirwa bihindutse, tugomba guhindura uburyo dukoresha amafaranga dukurikije ibyo.”
Uretse ibikoresho by'ikoranabuhanga, Esitoniya irimo kwihutisha ibikorwa byo gukurura abakinnyi mpuzamahanga b'ingabo no kongera umusaruro w'amasasu y'imbunda ya mm 155 imbere mu gihugu. Iki gikorwa gishimangira ubushake bwa Esitoniya bwo gukomeza guhangana mu ikoranabuhanga ridafite abapilote no kurinda umutekano w'igihugu binyuze mu guhanga udushya aho kuba intwaro ziremereye zisanzwe. Komite y'Ingabo z'Igihugu izakomeza gukurikirana ihinduka kugira ngo ingamba nshya za "drone-first" zikemure neza ibibazo by'intambara bigezweho.