The 'shield' will also include a satellite component in order to provide 'another element of safety in space,' Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
Poland has begun building a £1.9billion 'East Shield' along its borders with Russia and Belarus , in an effort to protect NATO 's eastern flank as tensions simmer amid the war in Ukraine .
What's more, the 'shield' will also include a satellite component in order to provide 'another element of safety in space,' Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, in order to ready the country for 'the wars of the future'. According to details provided by the government, the programme, perhaps the most significant national security investment in Poland's post-war history, will employ modern surveillance equipment, including imagery intelligence , signals intelligence , and acoustic monitoring to improve situational awareness.
Bunkers and underground shelters will also be concealed within forests to protect those inside the border should the defences fail. 'We do this to deter the enemy, so that all those who wish Poland ill, all those who plan an attack, an aggression against our allies or against our country, hear here today, from the Krakow Main Market Square: stay away from Poland!' Tusk said at an event marking the launch of the initiative back in May.
The fortifications are designed to fend off potential threats from 'the enemy', Donald Tusk said earlier this year They are seeking EU funding to build a network of bunkers, barriers, distribution lines and military warehouses along their borders with Russia and Belarus, Estonian officials said in September.
'Russia's war against Ukraine has shown that creating physical obstacles on an open ground with no natural defensive cover is paramount even in technologically advanced warfare,' they said in a joint statement.
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