Poland, NATO's largest contributor in relative terms and beneficiary of the EU's SAFE (Security Action for Europe) program, which is designed to speed up defense readiness in Member States, is a key center for European and NATO defense. Amid ramped-up defense spending, experts in the country are debating how to best use Poland's resources to gear up for a potential armed invasion.
One of the current defense projects, known as "The Eastern Shield" is to consist of 700 km of defense installations near Poland's eastern border with Russia and Belarus. This is also the eastern border of NATO and the European Union.
