Poland plans to build a new air defense wall along its eastern border against Russian drones and other intruders, the Guardian reports. The British newspaper conducted an interview with Polish Deputy Minister of Defense Cezary Tomczyk, who said that the air defense system is planned to be built in two years, but a part of the system can be built in half a year or even faster. The cost of the entire anti-drone air defense wall will be more than 2 billion euros, most of which will be financed in the framework of the EU loan program called SAFE, which can be applied for the development of the defense industry.
The construction of the new air defense system was deemed necessary by the Polish government after more than a dozen Russian drones flew into Polish airspace in September. Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski interpreted this as the Russian army testing the Polish defense system. The new system will be a response to this, which, according to Tomczyk, will include drone jamming systems, machine guns, missile systems and cannons, some of which would only be used in an actual war situation. The Polish government is also strengthening the ground protection of its border section with Belarus and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, where a serious border fence system has already been built.
