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U.S. soldiers are training alongside Polish and Romanian forces on a counter-drone system rushed to NATO’s eastern flank after a recent spate of unmanned aerial incursions across Europe. Poland and Romania received their first U.S.-made Merops counter-drone systems this month, and training alongside U.S. soldiers began here at one... show more

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