WARSAW, Poland — NATO said Friday it’s bulking up its defensive posture on its eastern flank bordering Belarus, Russia and Ukraine with new equipment to deter potential Russian aggression following an incursion by Russian drones into Polish territory.

The alliance’s supreme commander in Europe said a new operation, dubbed Eastern Sentry, will add equipment from France, Denmark, Germany and the U.K. to its existing air and ground-based defences.

“The key to this is an entirely new defence design,” U.S. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich told reporters at the alliance’s Brussels headquarters.

French Rafale fighter jets, Danish F-16s, a frigate and ground-based defence systems have been pledged for the operation.

Grynkewich said the additional resources will enable the alliance to “plug gaps in the l

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