Defense News
NATO allies shot down three Russian drones that illegally entered Polish air space on Wednesday, in what officials tell Military Times was the first time in the alliance’s history that its planes engaged potential threats in allied airspace.
A senior Army official told reporters on Wednesday that eight other Russian drones crashed after entering Poland. There were no injuries from the debris.
The incursion prompted a “multi-layered response” from NATO allies, which placed German Patriots in Poland on alert and launched an Italian airborne early warning plane and an aerial refueler from NATO’s Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft fleet, according to a senior defense official.
