On investments in military infrastructure: the expansion of units and polygons and about the Shield of the East, i.e. the construction of fortifications and fortifications along the east border of the country – you will read in the latest issue "Polish Armed Forces". In the June edition of the magazine you will besides find texts about modern F-35 and legendary Su-22 and something special: the communicative of the GROM military unit.
A fewer weeks ago, a text devoted to Poland was published in the British weekly “The Economist”. The authors of the article focused on the ongoing presidential run and the position Poland holds in Europe. Journalists stressed, among another things, that we have a powerful army, larger than, for example, France, Germany or the United Kingdom, and stressed that we spend more than 4% of GDP on defence (or precisely 4.7% of GDP in 2024). Poland is set as a model not only by the editorial board of this magazine. In a akin speech The Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has already spoken about Poland Or NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. Interestingly, the second late acknowledged that during the forthcoming Hague Alliance Summit, it would propose expanding defence spending to 5% of GDP, of which 3.5% of GDP would be allocated to "hard military expenditure", and 1.5% for related expenditure, specified as infrastructure improvement or logistics.
The nearest 5% threshold is Poland, and political declarations show that this level will be reached by next year. The building point is that the large defence spending everyone on the Vistula present accepts with knowing over organization and social divisions. adequate to say The request to increase the defence budget to 5% of GDP declared 2 main – from different political backgrounds – rivals in the race for the seat of President, the head of the armed forces. It is clear to Poles that since there is simply a war at our borders, the Republic must make its defence capabilities.
In the fresh June issue of “Polish Armed Forces” we want to show you that these increased defence spending is visible throughout the country. And I mean not only the expanding number of soldiers of the Polish Army, the acquisition of modern weapons and equipment, but besides everything we call military infrastructure. The effort on it increases at the rate of express. According to the data of the Ministry of Defence, only this year will PLN 7.5 billion be allocated to the construction and modernization of the fields, airports or barracks. This is an amount 5 percent higher than last year and almost 35 percent higher than 2 years ago. An example of this is the 18th Mechanized Division, for which more than 200 different types of investments have been carried out or are carried out.
When writing about investments, we besides do not overlook the Tarcza East programme. The comprehensive safety of the east border of the country, along with the expansion of road, bridge, fortifications, various types of radio-location and anti-drone systems, is discussed by deputy chief of the General Staff of the Polish Academy of Sciences General Stanisław Czosnek.
And yet – considering that the best investment in the defence of our country is well trained and equipped soldiers – we have a communicative for you about those who are the business card of our army: GROM unit operatorsWho celebrates his 35th anniversary.
In the “Army Poland” you will besides find reports of air and naval military exercises, memories of Su-22 pilots and latest news about Polish pilots F-35. And much, much more! I encourage you to read the June issue of PZ-ETK!
