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What is Europe’s ‘drone wall’?

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A Polish police officer stands near a drone fragment, after Russian drones violated Polish airspace on Sept 10.

A police officer standing near a drone fragment in Czesniki, Poland, after Russian drones violated Polish airspace on Sept 10.

PHOTO: REUTERS

Jeanna Smialek

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The European Union (EU) is working on a plan to establish what it calls a “drone wall” – a defence system along the bloc’s eastern flank meant to repel unmanned aircraft from Russia.

Details are scant because the effort is in its early stages.

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