Military experts and diplomats agree new strategies and tactics – drone-based or otherwise – playing out in Ukraine’s theatre of war may be replicated closer to home
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It’s early morning at the sprawling 32 Tactical air base in Łask, a couple of hours outside the Polish capital of Warsaw, and the late autumn wind is sharp. Nearby, a crew of Australians are wrapping up the deployment of an E-7 Wedgetail surveillance plane, sent to the country to assist Nato’s response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“You’ll feel it here,” our chaperone says, tapping his chest as a cluster of F16 fighter planes prepare to take off. Their roar reverberates through the atmosphere, each charging into the low-hanging clouds.
