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The ramp-up is part of the country’s €50 million ($59 million) anti-drone plan in the wake of a recent surge in illegal drone overflights.

The drones were “neutralized,” daily Liberation reported, with the newspaper saying the usual procedure involves jamming.

“Obviously, in a dehumanized combat, there’s a sort of coldness behind it all that somewhat gives you goosebumps,” a French Army official predicted.

The Nov. 29 test, which fell on what some in the U.S. might call Turkey Day weekend, marked the first time the drone struck an aerial target beyond sight.

Recent incursions have exposed speed of detection as a key gap in defending against drones, leaving security personnel unaware of threat types.

U.S. companies Anduril and Palantir are finding money and a proximity to operational military structures in Warsaw’s military boost.

The systems will be put together from various military off-the-shelf components, including a wheeled armor vehicle and a remote-controlled weapon station.

“It comes down to the tiniest considerations – for example, the packs that the drones are transported in,” said Granta Autonomy’s Laurynas Litvinas.

The company won a contract worth the equivalent of $414 million to make it so.