{"id":47708,"date":"2022-06-14T20:19:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T18:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=47708"},"modified":"2024-06-14T03:53:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T01:53:11","slug":"the-huge-arms-purchases-that-poland-prepares-to-defend-itself-from-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/06\/14\/the-huge-arms-purchases-that-poland-prepares-to-defend-itself-from-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"The huge arms purchases that Poland prepares to defend itself from Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

A month ago, the Russian State Duma threatened Poland with being invaded next<\/a> after Ukraine. Poland has decided to react.<\/p>\n

Russian State Duma threatens Poland to be the next attacked after Ukraine<\/a><\/rel>
\nK2 Black Panther: this is the advanced main battle tank that Poland is considering buying<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

Poland will dedicate 3% of its GDP to defense in 2023<\/big><\/p>\n

This Monday, the Polish Minister of Defense, Mariusz B\u0142aszczak, starred in an important conference in which he confirmed that Poland will take an important step to improve its defense. Although Poland is currently one of the NATO countries that invests the most in defense<\/a> (it spends 2.23% of its GDP for these purposes, only surpassed by the 3.59% of the US and 2.38% of Greece) , B\u0142aszczak announced that Polish defense spending will reach 2.4% of GDP by the end of 2022, reaching 3% of GDP in 2023<\/a>, including the introduction of an Armed Forces Support Fund, in order to \"obtain financing for the modernization of the Polish Armed Forces, such as the possibility of issuing bonds.\"<\/em><\/p>\n

The Polish Army will be the third largest army in NATO, with 300,000 soldiers<\/big><\/p>\n

Likewise, B\u0142aszczak has announced the creation of two new divisions in the Polish Army<\/a>, \"located along the Vistula River, in the central part of Poland.\"<\/em> This is the same strategic line on which Poland defeated Bolshevik Russia in 1920<\/a> during the Polish-Soviet War. Currently, the Polish Army Ground Forces has four divisions<\/strong> (three of them mechanized and one armored cavalry), as well as three separate brigades<\/strong> (one aviation, one airborne and one air cavalry) and four separate regiments dedicated to reconnaissance missions.<\/p>\n

B\u0142aszczak has pointed out that \"our goal is to create a real deterrence potential, which we can build by increasing the size of the Polish Armed Forces to 300,000 soldiers.<\/strong>\"<\/em> According to Global Firepower<\/a>, the Polish Army currently has 120,000 soldiers, in addition to 32,500 reservists in the Territorial Defense Forces. It will be quite a challenge for Poland to increase these figures and, above all, properly equip 300,000 soldiers. With the goal set by B\u0142aszczak, Poland would have the third largest army in NATO after the US and Turkey, and larger than Ukraine's at the start of the Russian invasion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poland's purchases: tanks, howitzers, IFVs, rocket launchers, fighters and helicopters<\/big><\/p>\n

One of the most interesting aspects of the B\u0142aszczak conference concerns arms purchases. These are the purchases announced yesterday by the Polish Ministry of Defense<\/a> and those also indicated by other sources:<\/p>\n