Poland must prepare army for full-scale conflict, army chief says

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1. >In May, Poland announced details of “East Shield”, a 10 billion zloty ($2.5 billion) programme to beef up defences along its border with Belarus and Russia, which it plans to complete by 2028.

   >Kukula also said the current high interest from candidates to join the army posed a dilemma over whether to take in more recruits than budgeted for at the expense of military equipment procurement, especially as he said interest was expected to start declining sharply from 2027.

   >The size of the armed forces stood at about 190,000 personnel at the end of last year, including ground, air, naval, special forces and territorial defence forces. Poland plans to increase this to 300,000 troops within a few years.

   His name is Wiesław Kukuła, not some “Wieslaw Kukula”.

2. Prepare sure

   But there isn’t a hint to suggest Russia has any intention at all

3. Time to move Rammstein Air Force base to Poland. Time to put serious base infrastructure there.

4. This comes at a time when the government was secretly considering budget cuts to procurement before media reported on it. The government is also dragging its feet with the K2 tanks and Apache helicopters that the previous government wanted to buy.

5. I really don’t want a world war, but I dare Russia to attack so they may feel the full force of Nato.

6. Yes.

   Worst case scenario: After that Republican Party Stunt (Shooter was a registered Republican Voter), ~~the Orange Turd~~ Trump will have a Homerun at probably the last “Democratic Elections” held in the US before it turns into a Republican Dictatorship… now we have Putin in the East and Trump in the West… yikes. Europe better gets the Machines running. We soon will be on our own between the Hammer and the Anvil.

   But who knows what will happen in the next months… this is sich a crazy timeline.