US EditionPoland to build $2.2 bn multi‑layered anti‑drone defences to counter Russian threat
Poland plans a $2.2 billion layered defence system using drone jamming and traditional weapons to counter over a dozen drone incursions since September, officials said.
- Poland is moving ahead with a $2.2 billion anti-drone fortification along its eastern border, Polish deputy defence minister Cezary Tomczyk announced Saturday.
- Amid NATO Article 4 consultations prompted by incursions, drone incursions into European airspace intensified since September, with more than a dozen suspected Russian drones entering Polish airspace.
- The design combines modern counter‑UAV tools with drone‑jamming systems, machine guns, cannons and missiles, while officials said some weapons activate only in extreme or war conditions.
- Funding comes largely from the European Commission’s €150 billion SAFE loans and Poland’s national budget, linking the project to the Commission’s four flagship defence projects to ready Europe by 2030.
- Poland will act unilaterally rather than wait, as Cezary Tomczyk floated the idea in November and this month Donald Tusk said Poland will co-lead with Finland a coalition of eight countries.
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Poland intends to finalise new anti-dron reinforcements along its east border in two years, said a Deputy Defence Minister, after which he described being repeated infractions of Russian drones in the Polish airspace.
Poland to build $2.2 bn multi‑layered anti‑drone defences to counter Russian threat
Poland is set to build a roughly $2.2 billion multi-layered anti-drone fortification along its eastern border amid rising Russian military pressure, deploying jammers, missiles and cannons, with first capabilities due in six months
The complex system of anti-drone fortifications along the eastern border of Poland will be financed with European funds from the SAFE (Security Action for Europe) Defence Loan Programme
Poland is planning an anti-aircraft defense system on its eastern border that is expected to be fully operational within two years. The project is expected to cost more than two billion euros.
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