A surge in drone incursions across northern Europe has boosted plans for a “drone wall”, a layered defence and detection system to protect Europe’s eastern frontier from drone threats from Russia.

But this response is both far too late, and won’t help with the challenge seen in Europe this month.

Plans for drone defence have already been delayed through European dithering. In March, the European Commission rejected an application from Estonia and Lithuania for funds to set defences up. New Feature

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Now, it’s expected to be a whole year before the first elements of this defensive line are put in place. As Poland knows from the drone incursion it faced in early September, that’s more than a year too late – and years behind the thre

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