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Old 16th Mar 2023, 08:24
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Originally Posted by ORAC
https://news.yahoo.com/poland-revamp...194337775.html

Poland revamping military, more than doubling its army to counter Russian threat: report

….Worried they could one day be in the crosshairs of the Kremlin, Poland aims to spend 4% of its GDP on defense this year. That’s double the NATO requirement and would make Poland the biggest spender per capita on defense in the military alliance….

Poland has ordered 1,000 K2 main battle tanks from South Korea and 250 M1A2 SEPv3 Abram Tanks from the USA. Another 600 K9s, 18 HIMARS launchers and 288 K239 Chunmoo MRL systems from South Korea are expected to arrive.

Meanwhile, the country is planning to more than double the size of its army to 300,000 troops – effectively making it the largest military – in terms of manpower – west of Ukraine….
That's impressive stuff, how are they paying for it? Borrowing?

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