WARSAW, July 24 (Reuters) – Poland is set to sign a $4 billion U.S. loan guarantee to help fund the modernization of its armed forces, the Polish defense ministry said on Thursday.
Amid heightened regional tensions and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, Poland is ramping up defense spending and accelerating efforts to modernize its military, aiming to strengthen NATO's eastern flank.

Since 2022 the United States has provided Poland with over $11 billion of loans and loan guarantees to finance armament programs, including Patriot air defense systems, the HIMARS rocket system and Apache helicopters.

Spurred by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Poland became NATO's top spender in terms of the proportion of its national wealth devoted to defense.
Warsaw said it will spend 4.7% of gross domestic product on defense in 2025 with a pledge to increase this to 5% in 2026.

by LucianFromWilno

3 comments

  1. So basically the USA makes sure we are going to continue to buy their overpriced and inadequate equipment instead of focusing on developing our own stuff or tightening cooperation with Europe. Do I understand that correctly?

  2. We should distance ourselves from the US in favor of European coopoeration

  3. Gods, I hate financing purchases from loans. It creates spiral of debt that devours our budget for other purposes in the future. Right now there are analysis that our future modernization budget situation looks quite [dire](https://dziennikzbrojny.pl/artykuly/art,2,4,12134,armie-swiata,wojsko-polskie,brak-pieniedzy-na-dalsza-modernizacje-techniczna-wojska-polskiego-analiza) And it creates situation when we can buy 300 of American/Korean weapon systems, but simultaneously we desperately scrap the barrel to buy slightly above 100 of domestically produced Borsuks. And polish taxpayers money stays in Korea/US. That’s how we sponsored additional k9 production line in Korea, but not Krabs line in Stalowa Wola or Bumar. That’s not a road to create great wartime army, but a great way to moving equipment exhibitions.

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