Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Watch Out Lithuania: Poland Is Militarizing Faster Than Any Nation In Europe

And they seem pleased with their new Polish-Korean main-battle-tank joint venture.

Personally I don't care what happens to Lithuania, some day I'll explain why, but for now it really does seem Poland is getting ready for something and as we've said previously, getting the band back together is not outside the realm of possibility.
(though Victoria Nuland has expressed a desire for regime change in Belarus, Lithuania seems easier)

First up, a map we used a couple weeks before the Russian invasion:

The Polish Commonwealth in 1635 in red: 

note: trying to figure-out where Kiev and Smolensk are on this map to double-check this isn't post-the-1667 Treaty of Andrusovo. I think we're good.

This is a machine translation of Forsal.pl, July 28: 

The head of the Ministry of National Defense: Polish land forces will be in the strongest European member of NATO

We want the Polish land forces to be the strongest in Europe when it comes to the North Atlantic Alliance, and we will do that, said Deputy Prime Minister, head of the Ministry of National Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak. He added that cooperation with South Korea is strategic.

Mariusz Błaszczak approved on Wednesday contracts for South Korean weapons for the Polish army . These are light FA-50 fighters, K2 tanks and K9 self-propelled howitzers.

On Thursday, the head of the Ministry of National Defense on the First Program of Polish Radio recalled that American Abrams tanks will be delivered to Poland in a slightly older version, and in the newest version - in two years. "We strive to change our entire armored fleet. We strive to ensure that the Polish land forces are the strongest in Europe, the strongest when it comes to the North Atlantic Alliance, of course, and we will do it. copies (of Korean K2 tanks) will be used by the Polish Army this year, "said the minister.

He emphasized that the first examples of the K2 Black Panther tanks will be produced in Korea, and the next ones will be produced in Poland - from 2026 or earlier. Asked whether a new factory would be built as a result, he replied that "all options are acceptable". "This is a task facing the Polish Armaments Group" - he stressed....

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