
You have most likely seen a movie promoting that Poland plans to make its own carrier known as ORP John Paul II with adaptation to MiG aircraft, with the slogan "Iron arguments in the fight for peace". He was frequently moved in the press, referred to as an aircraft carrier, but specified "to the best of our capabilities".
NO, Poland never planned to build a carrier called "ORP John Paul II".
The communicative was a combination of an online parody (film on YouTube) and a primaaprilis article that part of the portals unreflexively reproduced.
Where did the rumor come from?
1 IV 2013 - I'm sorry. respective local portals have published texts in the Prima aprilis Convention (“Poland builds ORP carrier John Paul II by 2019, cost 4.5 billion €...”) The articles were clearly marked as a joke; in the introduction there was a prima aprilis description Our Town.
December 2013 - The user “once” posted on YouTube the movie “First Polish aircraft carrier – ORP John Paul II”. The movie mounted photographs of abroad individuals with chronicle-style narratives from the 1950s; authors wrote in the description that it was a YouTube satire.
2014-2015 - Bloggers and satirists (e.g. Martin Lechowicz) developed the motive of a "patriot carrier". Subsequent texts mocked the megalomanic procurement ambitions of MON, giving for example Ciupaga rockets or pigeon fighters.
Effect: screenshots and memes with the slogan "ORP John Paul II" were circulating in the network, which any of the recipients considered a real project.
What did the real modernization plans say?
- There is no aircraft carrier in any version of the method Modernisation Plan (PMT 2013-2022, 2017-2026, 2021-2035).
- MON indicated that the precedence was the “Meter” fregata, the “Orka” submarines, the “Kormoran II” mine destroyers and many auxiliary units; the maritime budget until 2035 is ~60 billion PLN – the carrier cannot yet be squeezed into this amount.
- Even in the public appearances of Naval Command, the thought of having an aircraft carrier has not fallen; The Polish fleet is coastal in nature (Baltic) and the maintenance of specified a ship would exceed spending on the navy and the surcharge would be unprofitable
Why did the fake easy “catch”?
- A catchy name – a patron associated with one's own and recognizable.
- Lack of cognition of unprofitability – it is hard for society to separate frigate costs from carrier costs
- The satire to contradiction – authors mocked the tendency to make large declarations while at the same time not assigning large money to the fleet.
Summary
- The article was a gag on April 1, a YouTube video – his parody.
- There was never a hotel program, or even a preliminary survey of the aircraft carrier for Poland.
- Officially, MON puts frigates and submarines in the future; the aircraft carrier exceeds both operational needs in the Baltic and cost-effectiveness
- If you come across another “sensational” news about a Polish aircraft carrier, think of it as an online gag or satire alternatively than an announcement of a real project.