Poland's air defence system initially detected the object but subsequently lost track of it.

Poland’s armed forces chief believes a Russian missile entered Poland for almost three minutes and then turned back into Ukrainian airspace.

Gen Wieslaw Kukula said the missile travelled about 40km (25 miles) into Polish airspace early on Friday. The alert coincided with what Ukraine has called Russia’s biggest day of air strikes since its war began. President Andrzej Duda convened an emergency security meeting after the object was picked up on radar. About 200 police officers have been conducting a search of the area where the object was detected in case the missile landed on Polish territory.

  • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    11 months ago

    Honestly, it is a bit concerning that it couldn’t have been shot down :/

    Although having active SAM battery is probably too risky when not at war.

    • JackOfAllTraits@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      I mean, look, AA is a numbers game. Nato, just like Ukraine and Russia, would miss a bunch of missiles in an open war. You can never get them all