Russia's suspected drone attacks on Poland are widely seen as part of a "salami-slicing" strategy designed to test the West's resolve.

Salami-slicing, in geopolitical terms, refers to the process of taking a series of incremental steps to further one's strategic position, without provoking a major counter response.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is said to have frequently deployed this tactic to probe NATO's defensive alliance, with analysts citing the recent violation of Estonia's airspace, the quiet expansion of Russia's border further into Georgia and the invasion of Crimea in 2014.

Moscow's unprecedented violation of Polish airspace is said to be yet another salami-slicing example.

In the early hours of Wednesday, Poland said it scrambled its own and NATO aircraft to

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