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- Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk announced Poland will let its air force shoot down objects using radar alone.
- The rules, issued Sept. 28, 2026, replace visual confirmation with radar-based identification.
- Pilots may engage Russian drones or missiles on radar cues such as direction or missing IFF.
- A Russian Mi-8 helicopter entered Polish airspace 300 m for 42 seconds on Sept. 23.
- Earlier this year a Russian Kh-101 missile breached Polish airspace and exploded over Lublin.