Poland strengthens its army to confront the Russian Federation - The Times

According to the source, the Polish authorities plan to create an arsenal that will include 1,600 combat tanks, which exceeds the number of tanks at the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy in the aggregate. According to forecasts, this year, the costs of defense in Poland will be 3% of GDP, and some estimates indicate a possible exceeding of this level to 4%, which will be the highest in NATO.

Poland's Defense Minister Mariusz Blaschak has been in favor of these reforms since 2018 until the end of last year and speaks directly about their goals. "We do this to create such a restraint so that Putin has no desire to attack Poland," he said in an interview with The Times. The Poland's re -equipment began at the end of 2018 with two main goals. The first goal is to attract attention and support from the US as the main guarantor of Poland's security.

To do this, they make efforts to double the cost of defense and organize the order of a large number of advanced US military equipment. This order covers 366 M1 Abrams tanks, 486 Himars volley fire systems, as well as at least 32 F-35 combat aircraft. The second purpose of the Poland's re -equipment program is to scale.

Unlike Western European countries, which have directed billions to high -tech but extremely expensive systems, Poland has realized long before February 24, 2022 that a large number of military equipment in the Land Wars in Europe is important. "Many self -proclaimed experts argued that the modern war will be conducted mainly in cyberspace or with the use of light infantry and unmanned systems. However, as reality showed, they were mistaken . . .

Land troops still remain the most important element of the armed forces. " Mariusz Blaschak. Denmark's Defense Minister, Trols Lund Pulxy, said the danger of Russia to NATO has increased. New data shows that the Russian Federation has significantly increased the opportunities for the production of military equipment.

On January 14, the media reported to the Bundesver's secret documents that Germany was preparing for a possible armed conflict with the Russian Federation, which may begin in the near future. On February 1, Romania joined a number of NATO countries whose high -ranking representatives express their reservations against a possible conflict with Russia.