[Original in Polish. This is a paraphrased automated translation with minimal edits.]
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The procedures in force in the room that provide for visual identification of the object before it is shot down are to be replaced by the so-called positive identification.
What is positive identification?
After changing the procedures, the pilot or his commander will be able to decide to shoot down a foreign object on the basis of information collected by radars and other systems or information provided by the Ukrainian side, which regularly faces raids of Russian drones and missiles.
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Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz informed on Wednesday that new military procedures on simpler rules for identifying and shooting down foreign objects in the Polish airspace are ready. - 1 October is always a good time for implementing procedures - he added.
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Shoot down foreign object collected by Ukrainian’s radar. OK.
But where will they shoot? Inside ukrainien airspace?
Sounds like the Ukrainian radar bit is a side note, the main thing is that they don’t have to visually identify objects. This means they don’t have to scramble a jet to intercept before firing.
However the downside of this is that it dramatically increases the chance of shooting down the wrong aircraft.
It’s not, actually. This is basically saying that if Ukraine tracks it as hostile, Poland will regard it as hostile if it’s on a trajectory for Poland, and their ROE is being specifically changed to allow them to more quickly take the gloves off and fire on Russian intruders - be they cruise missiles, choppers, or fighters.
And, by the way, this is a fairly direct response to Russia pushing their boundaries and seeing exactly how much NATO’s eastern portion will put up with, and how the central and western and unitedstatesian part will act. This, while arguably escalatory, is imo WAY better in the long run. The alternative is Russia continuing to probe and push until a much more severe event takes place.
However the downside of this is that it dramatically increases the chance of shooting down the wrong aircraft.
Right now, when they spot a drone, everyone goes “whelp that’s a drone!” and yeah, it always is, because those are really close profiles (radar return, speed, altitude, etc) But the rules say ANY target must be visually identified. So they send up a plane, and the pilot goes “yep, this drone is a drone”.
I’m pretty sure if someone in Poland is wondering whether there’s a tanker or a passenger liner, they’re still going to scramble jets for a look.
There is no civilian air traffic in Ukraine AFAIK. And I’ll assume they have procedures in place to prevent friendly fire. If they shoot down one of their own drones occasionally, that’s probably not a big deal.
And when Poland downs a fighter jet, putain will claim it was a civilian aircraft/air force but on holidays/not anywhere near there so it wasn’t over Polish territory and therefore Europe is the aggressor.
Now let’s see if those sixty year old nukes still have some bang in them.
The warlord in Moscow and his ‘friend’ in Beijing will say what they want as usual. They don’t care about the truth anyway, no matter what Poland or anyone is doing.
r*ssia will just suck it, nukes are a joke, families of m*scovite elites all live in europe and usa. If it comes to using nukes there going to be a ‘redemption arc’ for m*scovia where they’ll denounce the crimes of the old regime (which is nothing like the new one) and wait for 10 or so years before starting it again.
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Since when has an obvious lie been off the cards?
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