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 "slug": "poland-operational-commander-pre-authorised-shoot-down-order-jet-drone-yahodyn-four-kilometres-border-tomczyk-f-16",
 "title": "Poland's Operational Commander Issues a Pre-Authorised Shoot-Down Order for a Jet Drone 4km Short of the Border at Yahodyn",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/poland-operational-commander-pre-authorised-shoot-down-order-jet-drone-yahodyn-four-kilometres-border-tomczyk-f-16/",
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 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-09-17T19:55:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-22T19:56:39.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWarsaw, 17 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Deputy defence minister Cezary Tomczyk told reporters in the Sejm on 17 September that the operational commander \"issued an order to shoot down in the event of the state border being crossed\" as a fast object approached from western Ukraine\n * It was, he said, \"an order with pre-authorisation: the pilot no longer has to confirm with the operational commander that the object is in range and whether he can fire, but can bring down such a dro",
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  "iamd-air-missile-defense",
  "polish-lithuanian-axis"
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 "sources": [],
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  "poland",
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