The only anti-drone strategy in the Polish army is not able to defend military bases from not only military drones, but even average drones from the store, according to reports of soldiers talking to Onet and military notes from a key aviation base.
Maybe it works, possibly it doesn't.
The portal adds that Polish soldiers on the border with Belarus and the most crucial military bases, including the 1 where F-16 aircraft are stationed, usage the system. The strategy is Polish production and is called SKYCTrl. In 2022 it was bought by the Ministry of Defence led by Marius Błaszczak. The 14 sets were PLN 156 million.
In July of this year, soldiers protecting 32 Tactical Aviation Base (32 BLT) wrote to the manufacturer, APS company from Gdynia, that the strategy was working poorly. They detected any drone flying over the base, but they couldn't block it. They stated that the actual parameters for the detection and jamming of drones were not applicable to the manufacturer's declared.
As Onet writes, the effect is that over machines worth tens of millions of dollars you can fly a drone for respective 100 zlotys, the alleged communists. The strategy might detect it, possibly not. And possibly we can jam him, possibly not.
From the information provided by Onet, the strategy does not detect mini drones at all. The military knows that due to the fact that peculiar Forces soldiers checked. As Onet writes, army decision-makers were informed about akin problems repeatedly, but the subject was swept under the carpet.
At the same time, the strategy is disrupting many non-drone things. He can catch passing cars, flying birds. At 1 base, it generates about 300 specified false alarms a day. Turns out he reports a false threat all fewer minutes.
Onetu's account shows that the military knows about the problem, but he's downplaying it. Moreover, the strategy has not been upgraded since 2022. In the planet of technology, that period is forever. The portal besides writes that after sending questions to General Command, there was an "urgent meeting". So there is hope that something will move.
The problem is burning.
Let us remind: a drone detonation occurred on the night of August 19-20 in Osiny (Łukasz County). The blast woke the residents of the surrounding houses. Burnt metallic and plastic fragments were secured at the scene. The force of the detonation was large adequate to break glass in close buildings. In the event, no 1 was injured.
The authoritative study is inactive missing. It was most likely a Russian combat drone, which easy reached the location located only 70 km from Warsaw.
