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Poland and Romania are deploying Merops, an American anti-drone system designed to fit in a pickup truck, to defend NATO’s eastern flank.

Recent drone incursions over European airspace exposed critical vulnerabilities and prompted urgent development of new technologies to counter emerging aerial threats.

The system uses artificial intelligence and can neutralize drones at a fraction of the cost of scrambling multimillion-dollar fighter jets.

Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against Russian drones, following a spate of incursions into NATO airspace in recent months that exposed the alliance’s vulnerabilities and put Europe on edge.

The American Merop

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