New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- Warsaw - Poland's overnight scramble to seal the skies over its southeast border was sold as a "preventive" operation. In practice it was a political stage cue: NATO jets on quick-reaction alert, a civilian airport snapped shut, and officials reciting unity while dodging any admission of drift toward escalation. The alliance once again deployed million-dollar [.]

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