NATO said Friday it's bulking up its defensive posture on its eastern flank bordering Belarus, Russia and Ukraine with new equipment to deter potential Russian aggression following an incursion by Russian drones into Polish territory.

NATO’s top military officer said a new operation, dubbed Eastern Sentry, will add new equipment from France, Denmark, Germany and the U.K. to the alliance's air policing and existing air and ground-based defenses.

“The key to this is an entirely new defense design,” NATO’s supreme commander in Europe, U.S. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich told reporters at the alliance’s Brussels headquarters.

French Rafale fighter jets, Danish F-16s, a frigate and ground-based defense systems have been pledged for the operation.

Grynkewich said the additional resources will enable

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