Field defenses are being built by bulldozers and diggers in the rural areas of Poland, Finland, and the Baltic States, less than 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) from London.
Tank traps, pillboxes, and anti-tank trenches are being constructed and put into place. Minefield construction, including contentious anti-personnel minefields, is being actively considered in each of these nations.
on order to defend its eastern border from Russia’s increasing threat, Poland is investing at least €2.5 billion (£2.1 billion) on border defense measures, including the construction of a sky shield system similar to Israel’s “Iron Dome.”
“It is essential to create an iron dome against missiles and drones,” said Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, at a May conference with European leaders in Warsaw.
“Europe has every reason to have its own missile defense shield,” he said, indicating that the project was under way.
He went on to say that it doesn’t take much imagination to see that Europe, like Israel, is in peril. In order to develop early threat detection and monitoring systems, Poland’s defense initiative incorporates physical anti-tank barriers, bunkers, and AI-powered anti-drone technology.
