Poland is developing “San,” an anti-drone defense system that Warsaw calls the most advanced in Europe, following Russia’s airspace violations and the launch of around twenty Russian drones over Polish territory last September.
As reported in the British newspaper “Financial Times,” the project, estimated to be worth around €3,5 billion, will be financed with loans from the European Union under the Safe program to strengthen European military production.
The system will comprise 18 mobile batteries equipped with sensors and interception systems linked to a central command, with radars and cannons installed on hundreds of vehicles along the Polish border and integrated with national and allied defense systems.
The prime minister Donald Tusk
The Polish government has guaranteed that it will be “the most modern, intelligent, and integrated anti-drone defense system in Europe.” The system will combine electronic warfare, communications jamming, and kinetic options such as interceptor drones, 30-millimeter cannons, and guided missiles.
The program is being developed by the Polish state-owned PGZ group, together with the Norwegian company Kongsberg and the Polish radar manufacturer Advanced Protection Systems (APS). The first batteries are expected to be delivered by the end of the year, and the entire system should be operational within 24 months.
However, the project is facing political resistance: the conservative opposition Law and Justice party objects to the use of EU loans, and President Karol Nawrocki has threatened to veto the funding. The government maintains, however, that in the event of a presidential blockade, it will seek alternative funding sources to continue the program.
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Poland is developing “San,” an anti-drone defense system that Warsaw calls the most advanced in Europe, following Russia’s airspace violations and the launch of around twenty Russian drones over Polish territory last September.
As reported in the British newspaper “Financial Times,” the project, estimated to be worth around €3,5 billion, will be financed with loans from the European Union under the Safe program to strengthen European military production.
The system will comprise 18 mobile batteries equipped with sensors and interception systems linked to a central command, with radars and cannons installed on hundreds of vehicles along the Polish border and integrated with national and allied defense systems.
The prime minister Donald Tusk
The Polish government has guaranteed that it will be “the most modern, intelligent, and integrated anti-drone defense system in Europe.” The system will combine electronic warfare, communications jamming, and kinetic options such as interceptor drones, 30-millimeter cannons, and guided missiles.
The program is being developed by the Polish state-owned PGZ group, together with the Norwegian company Kongsberg and the Polish radar manufacturer Advanced Protection Systems (APS). The first batteries are expected to be delivered by the end of the year, and the entire system should be operational within 24 months.
However, the project is facing political resistance: the conservative opposition Law and Justice party objects to the use of EU loans, and President Karol Nawrocki has threatened to veto the funding. The government maintains, however, that in the event of a presidential blockade, it will seek alternative funding sources to continue the program.
[For those who don’t know what it’s named after](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_(river))