The forest on the border of Poland and Belarus looks the same as it did ten years ago: snow, pine trees, silence. But this silence is deceptive. If earlier you could find a patrol with a dog here, then in 2026 the perimeter will be monitored by “cold eyes” – thermal cameras and seismic sensors. While politicians talk about value, military engineers quietly complete the construction of the Eastern Shield. Now this is not just a border but also a huge open-air server, where the human factor is reduced to a minimum and decisions about alerts are made by neural networks.
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