Finland has acquired hundreds of drone jammers and detectors, its military said on Tuesday, as countries on NATO’s eastern flank strengthen their defences following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Drones have been widely used in Ukraine since Russia invaded in 2022, but the rush to build counter-drone capabilities in NATO has intensified since about 20 suspected Russian drones entered Polish airspace in September and were shot down. Finland’s Defence Forces have acquired hundreds of SkyWiper Omni Max jammers made by Lithuania-based NT Service, Colonel Mano-Mikael Nokelainen, Air Defence Inspector for Finland, told Reuters at a military base in Niinisalo in southwestern Finland. The jammers, which create a protective dome spanning hundreds of metres to block the control, video and navigation signals of drones, will be deployed around critical infrastructure such as military bases, he said.

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