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Poland preparing €2bn anti-drone fortifications along its eastern border amid Russian threat

Deputy defence minister says new air defence systems will be completed in 24 monthsPoland plans to complete a new set of anti-drone fortifications along its eastern borders within two years, a top defence official has said, after a massive incursion of unmanned Russian aerial combat vehicles into...

<p>Deputy defence minister says new air defence systems will be completed in 24 months</p><p>Poland plans to complete a new set of anti-drone fortifications along its eastern borders within two years, a top defence official has said, after a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/10/poland-shoots-down-drones-over-its-territory-amid-russian-attack-on-ukraine-says-military">massive incursion</a> of unmanned Russian aerial combat vehicles into Polish airspace earlier this year.</p><p>β€œWe expect to have the first capabilities of the system in roughly six months, perhaps even sooner. And the full system will take 24 months to complete,” the deputy defence minister, Cezary Tomczyk, told the Guardian in an interview in Warsaw.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/27/poland-anti-drone-fortifications-eastern-borders-cezary-tomczyk">Continue reading...</a>
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