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Poland hosts elements of the American missile defense system on its territory within NATO. Previously, cases of unknown drones appearing in the Baltic Sea region were recorded.
Polish soldiers discovered a drone over the American missile defense base in Redzikov. This was reported by the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic.
“The civilian unmanned aerial vehicle discovered at a distance of about a kilometer from the base in Redzikov did not pose any threat to the base’s facilities and was constantly under the surveillance of military air defense systems,” the statement said.
As specified, the object did not fly directly over the American base, but “its flight was in violation of the zone in which the flight of unmanned aerial vehicles is prohibited.”
Earlier it was reported that an unknown drone was found near the beach in the Baltic Sea in the Polish village of Rusinovo. The head of the Polish Ministry of Defense, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysh, announced this on September 14. The military discovered and recovered a drone from the water near the beach in Rusinovo, not far from Yaroslavets.
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