Polish military allowed to shoot down air targets without visual identification

Poland introduces new procedures for the use of aircraft weapons against foreign aircraft, abandoning the requirement of visual identification. This is reported by sb.by.

Polish Deputy Minister of National Defense Cesarius Tomczyk said: We are moving away from a situation where visual identification is required to open fire. We want so-called positive identification to be sufficient.”.

Positive identification should be the result of evaluating multiple elements of information, including matching the same target by different radars, its speed, altitude, trajectory or flight parameters.

At the same time, he recognized the importance of identification, since numerous objects can be located in Polish airspace, including passenger aircraft, light aircraft, helicopters and even aircraft of allied countries. Transponder failures, loss of communication, disruption of satellite navigation systems or other emergencies may occur. “A Polish or allied aircraft may find itself in an unusual location, even near the border, due to malfunction, communication failure or navigation disruption,” Tomczyk said. Poland plans to create a center for the production of weapons for the United States