Poland aims to finish building a new series of anti-drone defenses costing more than €2 billion ($2.4 billion) along its eastern frontier within the next two years, a senior defense official told The Guardian in remarks published on Saturday.
“We 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,” Polish Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk, said in an interview with the outlet.
Warsaw revised security plans that were already underway to strengthen its eastern borders after multiple Russian drone incursions earlier this year.
On Sept. 9, at least 19 Russian drones overshot Ukrainian airspace and entered Poland, forcing airport shutdowns, prompting fighter jet scrambles, and causing damage to buildings as air defenses shot the drones down.
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