Lazivka in the law: the media learned why Polish pilots are forbidden to knock down missiles and drones of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Defenceromania journalists found out why Warsaw does not intercepts the air goals of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. During the visit to Poland, analysts were able to talk to experts, high -ranking officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Office. It turned out that the legal loophole does not allow the F-16 fighter pilots to knock Russian goals.

According to the legislation of the state with Ukraine, pilots in peacetime must first establish visual contact with the target, and only then attack it, as Polish officials say. "He (pilot - ed. ) Can not impress the target he sees on the radar until he sees it physically. He must make sure that it is not a false goal, such as a Ukrainian helicopter or some other technique.

And since Russian drones or rockets They are included in Poland's airspace for a very short period of time, they are almost impossible to knock down, "the statement said. Warsaw officials are convinced that Russia deliberately violates their country's airspace and is a certain check on the speed of the event. Only once it was confirmed that it was an accident and a mistake.

In general, NATO, as journalists have learned, have no consensus on the interception of missiles of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or drones that enter the airspace of the Alliance Member States. We will remind, during the attack on Ukraine on August 26 the Russian drone flew into the territory of Poland by the Lviv region and disappeared from radars after flew by 25 km deep into the country. It is claimed that the intercept of UAV prevented the weather.