Overview
- About 300 Dutch personnel are departing from Vredepeel for a six‑month mission in southeast Poland to protect a logistics hub supporting Ukraine.
- They will field Patriot batteries and a NASAMS unit, reflecting a posture geared to high‑end threats as jammers have struggled against recent drones.
- Poland has mobilized roughly 10,000 troops to secure critical infrastructure following repeated airspace violations and heightened security concerns.
- An explosion on a Polish railway over the weekend is under investigation as possible sabotage, with no public proof of Russian responsibility.
- Allies are seeking cheaper anti‑drone measures such as firearms, nets and future gun systems, but current deployments still rely on expensive missiles including past F‑35 intercepts.