Poland buys advanced long-range missiles from America

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Spiegel” weekly newspaper, Poland prepares itself against the possible threat of Russia and for this purpose has ordered missiles with a range of about 1000 km from the United States of America.

Ministry Polish defense said on Monday that the war in Ukraine has shown how important the ability to fire missiles at targets far from the front line is. By purchasing weapons, Warsaw wants to strengthen its defense capabilities to ward off the possible Russian threat.

The range of these new missiles is about 1000 kilometers. These JASSM cruise missiles are scheduled to be delivered from Washington to Warsaw between 2026 and 2030. Poland already has JASSM missiles with a range of 370 kilometers.

The arms deal is expected to be officially signed on Tuesday. The deal is part of Warsaw’s rapid military modernization in the face of the Russian threat. The NATO and EU member country’s defense budget is about four percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), making it one of the highest percentages among all NATO countries. The Warsaw government had already started the process of purchasing weapons, especially from the United States of America and South Korea.

Since the start of the Russian war against Ukraine in February 2022, Poland has been one of It has been the strongest supporter of Kiev. Poland is afraid that it will be the target of Russian aggression like Ukraine. Dmitry Medvedev, the former president of Russia, has recently threatened Poland with “radioactive ash”. As a part of the nuclear sharing, in order to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank, it announced its readiness. create a joint air defense.

“Donald Tusk”, the Prime Minister of Poland and Kyriakos Mitsotakis, his Greek counterpart, in a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Union Commission. They said: Europe will be safe as long as the sky above it is safe.

These two European officials announced that the air defense shield should be a project with “great vulnerability”. Our security” should respond.

Tusk and Mitsotakis want to support their proposal at the next meeting of the heads of the 27 EU member states in June.

Poland also wants to strengthen its eastern borders with a billion dollar project and secure it against possible attacks. Speaking in Warsaw on Monday, Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kuciniak-Kamisz said the Eastern Shield program is the largest operation to strengthen Poland’s eastern borders and NATO’s eastern flank since 1945.

Wisław Kukola, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, also emphasized: the main goal Deterrence as well as preparation for border defense. Protection against possible surprise attacks must be increased, the mobility of opposing forces must be made more difficult, and the army must be improved. Soldiers and civilians should also be better protected.

Poland is a member of the European Union and NATO, which neighbors Ukraine from the east, which was attacked by Russia and Receives military support from Warsaw. It also shares a border with Belarus, which is allied with Moscow. In the northeast, Poland borders the Kaliningrad region of Russia. The war in Ukraine has raised fears in Warsaw of a Russian attack on Poland. Moscow considers Poland an enemy because of its support for Ukraine.

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