Poland to Bolster Drone Capabilities With New EU Defense Funding
A Polish soldier operates an interception drone of the MEROPS counter drone system during tests at the Nowa Deba military training ground, Poland, on Nov. 18.
Photographer: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/Getty ImagesPoland, the biggest beneficiary of the European Union’s military funding program, is aiming to spend a big chunk of the loans to build up its drone capabilities and defenses in the face of aerial incursions by Russia.
The NATO member intends to allocate as much as €8 billion ($9.3 billion) from the program on drones and anti-drone systems, Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Wednesday.