NATO deploys anti-drone system on eastern flank

A new system to identify and take down Russian drones is being deployed to NATO’s eastern flank, in Noiwa Deba, Poland on Tuesday, 18 November, following a spate of incursions into NATO airspace in recent months that exposed the alliance’s vulnerabilities and put Europe on edge. The American Merops (Multispectral Extended Range Optical Sight) system, which is small enough to fit in the back of a midsize pickup truck, can identify drones and close in on them, using artificial intelligence to navigate when satellite and electronic communications are jammed.