Poland is planning substantial retooling of his army this year, writes the Polish print edition.
"We very quickly sped up the process of concluding contracts for the construction of large missile systems, from which depends the security of the country and the army's fighting capacity," he said on Tuesday in the capital of Poland's Deputy defense Minister Czeslaw Mrochek. Zam. the defense Minister explained that soon there will be decisions on major purchases, which will determine the technological modernization of the army. The funds are expected to be sent to the scientific research and innovation. In the end, the Polish government plans to get new ships, drones and military helicopters.
The system of anti-aircraft protection Wisla will be the most expensive acquisition of the Polish army - it is expected to spend 3, 8 billion euros. The tender of the defense was a complete surprise, because the decision was planned only by the end of 2015. In the tender for the construction of the "Vistula" will take part in several Western organizations, and among them the American Company Rayhtheonem, which produces Patriot missiles, as well as the French MBDA and Thalesem that produce the missiles, and air defense SAMP/T.
connect the abrupt acceleration of the modernization of the Polish army with events in Ukraine and remind you that Poland is planning to send its military into the country for the preparation of the Ukrainian military.