As Prime Minister Donald Tusk said recently, the new government is not going to revolutionize the Polish army. The course set by our predecessors to invest in modern equipment should be maintained. In addition, the process of spending money on weapons will change. What is Tusk's plan for the Polish army?
– We do not want a revolution. We will consider all kinds of agreements, we will talk about increasing the production capacity in Poland, so that at least 50 percent of the expenditure on armaments remains in Polish factories. After the PiS government, it will certainly be difficult, but we are striving for it, said Deputy Minister of National Defense Pawel Bejda in an interview with money.pl.
record expenses
In addition to “cleansing” the army of PiS, the new government also intends to increase the size of the Polish army and ensure that the Territorial Defense Forces achieve full combat readiness. Military spending, expected this year at 118 billion 140 million PLN (almost 4 percent of GDP), will be maintained. The changes will also affect the Cyberspace Defense Component Command.
– We know very well what is happening beyond our eastern border, we know exactly what the Polish army needs. We have very serious negotiations with the commanders of the armed forces and the entire group of the Polish armed forces, says the deputy minister.
Agreements with the Koreans
Agreements with South Korea are subject to special scrutiny. We remind you that the Ministry of National Defense, under the leadership of Mariusz Blaszczak, signed contracts for tanks, aircraft and supplies. K9 rifle howitzers. Experts indicate that Polish crab offers similar parameters.
– For a long time, society was not openly informed about the needs of the army. I hope that the state institutions that exercise civilian control over the armed forces are fully aware of how these decisions are made. I am convinced that the announced audit of the weapons programs is absolutely justified, said Colonel Piotr Lukashevich, a security and defense analyst, in an interview with the website.
For his part, the former commander of GROM, General Roman Polko, indicates that the contracts with the US and South Korea are a “good direction”.
– We are talking about compatible weapons. Thanks to us, Korea wants to enter the European arms market, he said.
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