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Poland expands army with new division

2018-11-30 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

The timeline has been approved for the formation of Poland’s new Army Division. This will bring the number of Polish divisions up to four, and it is a part of the ambitious plan to strengthen the armed forces.

Filed Under: Army Tagged With: Poland

Poland begins sea trials on OPV “Ślązak”

2018-11-22 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Poland’s new offshore patrol vessel “Ślązak” will be delivered next year. It is a capable platform, which in size resembles the German “Braunschweig-class”.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Poland

Poland extends service life of Perry-class frigates until 2024

2018-03-20 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Poland has extended the service life of its two Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates until 2024. That reports Janes. The prolonged service time has required some additional maintenance work and upgrades of subsystems. ORP General Kazimierz Pulaski has already completed these works during a scheduled docking. This includes the installation of Link 16 and an upgrade […]

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Poland

Poland connects the European security puzzle

2017-12-19 By Natalia Wojtowicz Leave a Comment

Natalia Wojtowicz suggests that Poland can play leading role in connecting regional security initiatives to make EU and NATO strategies more coherent.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Guest posts, Poland

Poland’s love-hate relationship with the EU

2017-12-10 By Anders Puck Nielsen 4 Comments

Tuula Koponen has a very interesting account of Poland’s troubled relationship with the European Union in Diplomaatia.ee. It seems like a love-hate relationship where Poland is in opposition to almost everything that the EU stands for, yet the EU is extremely popular among Poles with an 88 percent approval rating. Kaczyński’s policy in Poland is […]

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Poland

Ocean capable corvettes could be affordable force enablers

2017-12-08 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Yesterday the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Soobrazitelnyy, a corvette from the Baltic Fleet, had passed through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean. This was the latest in a series of press releases covering the journey of two Steregushchiy class corvettes and an auxiliary vessel from the Baltic Fleet. The […]

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Denmark, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden

US approves sales of Guidable MLRS and air-to-air missiles to Poland

2017-12-05 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

The American Defense Security Cooperation Agency has approved the sale of the HIMARS rocket system to Poland from Lockheed Martin. This will give Poland a potent ground-to-ground missile system capable of hitting targets at ranges up to 300 kilometers. Poland intends to equip three divisions with the high-precision missiles which will be installed on Polish […]

Filed Under: Army Tagged With: Poland

Poland receives new minehunter

2017-12-02 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

The first ship in a series of new minehunters joined the Polish Navy this week when ORP Kormoran officially entered service at a ceremony in Gdynia. It was expected that Poland could receive Kormoran in 2016 but the process was delayed by about a year. The Kormoran project was initially initiated in 1999, but it […]

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Poland

Sale of Patriot missiles to Poland approved

2017-11-18 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of Patriot missiles to Poland, reports Reuters: The proposed sale includes 208 Patriot Advanced Capabilty-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement missiles, 16 M903 launching stations, four AN/MPQ-65 radars, four control stations, spares, software and associated equipment. In addition, Poland is authorized to buy U.S. government and contractor technical, […]

Filed Under: Air Force Tagged With: Poland

Fire on Polish submarine

2017-10-31 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Poland’s Kilo-class submarine Orzeł has had a fire accident while docked in Gdynia, reports Naval Today. The damages are so bad that it is uncertain that Orzeł will ever come into service again. Orzeł is Poland’s only Kilo-class submarine. Poland also has four Kobben-class submarines but they have all passed the 50 year mark and […]

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