{"id":1488501,"date":"2024-09-07T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1488501"},"modified":"2024-09-07T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T15:00:00","slug":"polands-official-story-about-an-alleged-airspace-violation-doesnt-add-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/polands-official-story-about-an-alleged-airspace-violation-doesnt-add-up\/1488501\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland’s Official Story About An Alleged Airspace Violation Doesn’t Add Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poland’s Official Story About An Alleged Airspace Violation Doesn’t Add Up<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The authorities\u2019 story doesn\u2019t add up since they still maintain that at least three radiolocation stations recorded a violation, but they also claim at the same time that no such violation ever occurred.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Major General Maciej Klisz\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0that Poland\u2019s ten-day search for physical evidence of last month\u2019s recorded airspace violation came up empty-handed. According to him,<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of this process and the undertaken analysis, I can say that with high likelihood the air space of the Republic of Poland was not breached on August 26\u2026(but the) data has not changed, what changed is our assessment of the situation.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For comparison\u2019s sake, here\u2019s what he\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0on that same day late last month:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are probably dealing with the entry of an object on Polish territory. The object was confirmed by at least three radiolocation stations. It is clear from its characteristics that the object is not a missile, it is not a hypersonic, ballistic or guided missile.<\/strong>\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski then started talking tough about Poland possibly shooting down Russian missiles over Ukraine, the subject of which was analyzed\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Returning to Klisz\u2019s remarks, it\u2019s notable that he insisted that the \u201cdata has not changed\u201d, <\/strong>thus meaning that Poland still maintains that at least three radiolocation stations recorded an airspace violation on 26 August, but they couldn\u2019t discover any physical evidence inside of country. Nevertheless, he also flip-flopped by now concluding that Polish airspace wasn\u2019t breached in the first place, which is contradictory. Notice that he\u2019s not even speculating that a drone might have crossed in and out of Polish airspace.<\/p>\n

If what he\u2019s saying is true, then this means that Poland\u2019s radiolocation stations are either malfunctioning or that Russia is somehow able to manipulate their signals<\/strong>, both scenarios of which are very concerning from the perspective of Polish national security. Another possibility is that debris from a Ukrainian air defense missile fell inside of Poland, but the authorities want to cover it up in order to not worsen bilateral relations and\/or create a situation where\u00a0more citizens sour<\/a>\u00a0on Polish aid to\u00a0Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The media should hold Klisz\u2019s feet to the fire by pressing him and other officials to elaborate on his contradiction. <\/strong>They\u2019re unlikely to get an answer, or whatever they receive might not directly address this, but it\u2019s important that it\u2019s not swept under the rug given the national security stakes involved. Poles and their NATO allies deserve to know whether Poland\u2019s radiolocation stations are malfunctioning or being manipulated, or if a wayward Ukrainian air defense missile or its debris\u00a0once again<\/a>\u00a0fell inside of Poland.<\/p>\n

As it stands, this incident is already hugely embarrassing. <\/strong>Coming up empty-handed despite a ten-day search that covered 3,200 square kilometers from the air, 250 square kilometers on the ground, and analyzed satellite images of an area of 310 square kilometers where the object was likely to fall according to reports suggests that the full truth isn\u2019t being shared. It also needlessly provoked panic among people who were duped into thinking that a Russian object supposedly violated Polish airspace.<\/p>\n

Sikorski\u2019s tough talk about possibly shooting down Russian missiles over Ukraine is also revealed to have been political opportunism that was advanced on what\u2019s now officially considered to be a false pretext. The authorities\u2019 story doesn\u2019t add up though since they still maintain that at least three radiolocation stations recorded a violation, but they also claim at the same time that no such violation occurred. It\u2019s therefore incumbent on truly independent members of the press to get down to the bottom of this.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 09\/07\/2024 – 07:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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