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Poland · Counter-Drone

Russian Drone Off Poland Carried a Live Warhead. Its Route Is Unknown

Polish prosecutors say the Gerbera 2 pulled from the Baltic near Rusinowo was armed with a fragmentation warhead, destroyed on the beach Tuesday.

Haye KestelooSep 162 min read

Counter-Drone

NATO Jets Down a Drone Over Lithuania, Days After Chasing Birds

Italian Typhoons shot down a drone over Lithuania early Tuesday, the first ever downed in Lithuanian airspace. Two days earlier, the alert was birds.

Haye KestelooSep 15

A WB Electronics FlyEye fixed-wing reconnaissance drone suspended above a WB Group trade-show stand, gimbal camera under the nose.

Poland Plant Fire

Poland Probes Sabotage After Fire At Drone Plant Supplying Ukraine

A figure on camera, a fire at 12:23 a.m., and Poland's ABW at the plant that builds drone parts for Kyiv and Warsaw.

Haye KestelooAug 31

Counter-UAS

EU Drone Wall Still Doesn't Exist 10 Months After Von Der Leyen Promised It

Ten months after Ursula von der Leyen called for a European drone wall, drone warfare analyst Ulrike Franke finds the EU's counter-drone defenses largely missing in action, while Poland builds Europe's largest system on its own and incursions keep injuring civilians on NATO soil.

Haye KestelooJul 28

Ukraine

Tytan Technologies Eyes 3,000 Interceptors Per Month

Tytan Technologies, a Munich-based counter-drone startup, is preparing to open a new German factory capable of producing 3,000 autonomous interceptors per month, with production scheduled to start this August. CEO and co-founder Balázs Nagy confirmed the expansion to Defense News, pointing to sustained demand driven by the war in Ukraine. Tytan’s interceptors are already in…

Rafael SuárezJun 26

Russia

Russian Drone Hits Romanian Apartment Block in Galați, First Injuries on NATO Soil as Bucharest Weighs Article 4

A Russian Geran-2 attack drone crashed into the roof of a 10-storey apartment block in Galați, Romania, overnight on 28-29 May, detonating its full warhead on impact and starting a fire that injured two residents. It is the first time in nearly four years of repeated airspace breaches that a Russian drone has hurt anyone…

Haye KestelooMay 29

Drone Incidents

One Drone Empties a NATO Capital

The trigger was a single radar signature picked up over Belarus, with characteristics matching an unmanned aerial vehicle. The drone

Rafael SuárezMay 23

Ukraine

Belarus Unveils Scanner 2.1 Acoustic Drone Detection System

Belarus has unveiled a new acoustic drone detection system called Scanner 2.1, developed by the Belarusian company InnoTech Solutions and presented at the State Authority for Military Industry on May 19, 2026, according to Belarusian state media reporting. The system is designed specifically to detect drones that conventional radio-frequency monitoring cannot easily track, including the…

Rafael SuárezMay 21

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