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Even if this is true (very big IF), why would you publish that? The OpSec makes no sense. Are they trying to bait Russia into attacking to get a unified response? That seems like an incredibly risky move.
If you cannot achieve things going in the internal channels you sometimes have to go public, so that the public outrage forces change.
As for Russia, i am sure they have a better idea of each EU countries stockpiles than some of the military experts in these countries.
Political infighting is the reason but this is likely true. Most countries of this size have reserves for weeks of conventional warfare at most unless they massively stockpile.
Obviously to provoke oponent reaction. Nothing risky at all since we have not invented teleportation yet. You underestimate amount of satelites looking at russia border after posting this information.
That's why European countries shouldn't fight wars by themselves. Europe is a union, it should act as one entity.
please..Poland can get to Moscow and Putin in matter of hours..
Only if Finland doesn't do it first
don't let me stop you :)) joint action?
If Russia attacks Poland directly then half the planet is about to turn to glass within those first couple of weeks
US is not going to respond and if UK or France were to use tactical nukes they’d glass Poland to create a natural barrier. That was the plan during Cold War.
i think there was an update or two since
also the minimum deterrence always kept up by brits is that there's at all times enough nukes in submarines to destroy moscow. french have some more fine-grained options
Poland most likely has a lot of factories producing ammunition for Ukraine. In case of war, those would not go to Ukraine anymore.
Simplify the supply line. Instead of Poland → Ukraine → Russia it becomes Poland → Russia
triple the defence budget
Our government might be thinking that - we can afford one or two super nice American bombs if we cut pensions to people over 80.
there's not that many of them and one Trident missile costs only $31M
It was a bit of a joke referencing that Poland stocked up on HIMARS which as a system got a very good press in Ukraine but is also mighty expensive. Politicians did it for ratings but no further thinking was involved in that decision. It took just a year or two of war in Ukraine to make this kind of weaponry obsolete because drones can do same thing for cheaper.
The reason polish military expenditure looks so impressive is that we waste money like that. But this is also what Trump wants to achieve by making NATO members increase their spending - they will have to buy lots of American arms because they’re one of the few places capable of delivering required quantities.
there's technology transfer from koreans https://www.polska-zbrojna.pl/home/ArticleShow/42536
also not everything can be done with drones, for some time-sensitive targets you need speed that MLRS delivers
