After the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War, South Korea became a major winner and received huge military orders from Poland. The South Korean Defense Acquisition Planning Administration has reached an agreement with Poland to supply Poland with South Korea's most advanced K-2 tanks, while the United States has approved the supply of Poland with an additional 250 M1A2 tanks.
South Korea will supply Poland with $7.6 million K-2 tanks for a total of 580, a further 670 Red Spider infantry fighting vehicles, and 48 FA-50 light fighters. At the same time, Poland is also preparing to order South Korea's K-9 type 155 self-propelled howitzer and KM-SAM2 anti-aircraft missiles. This wave of South Korea will receive $14.5 billion worth of super-military contracts.
South Korea will also work with Poland to develop the next generation of Wolf tanks. At the same time, Poland was also discussing with Germany the acquisition of 240 Leopard 2A7 tanks. At the same time, starting in 2024, the United States will hand over 32 F-35 stealth fighters to Poland, and Poland also intends to purchase another 6 Patriot missile systems and 500 Haimas rocket artillery systems.
According to EU media "Europe News", Polish Defense Minister Błaszczyak said that basic voluntary military service is a "very tempting option" and Poland will be able to double the size of its army. The Polish Armed Forces currently have 144,000 soldiers Poland's plan is to double the size of its active duty forces to 300,000 regular troops and 1.7 million reserve troops.
Is this kind of Poland's rush to expand its armaments to fight Moscow? After all, thousands of M1A2, Leopard 2 and K2 tanks, a large number of F-16 and F-35 stealth fighters and 500 Haimas are already very large in terms of conventional military forces. It will also expand to 300,000 troops, more than the number of armies in most European countries.
Russia and Poland have been fighting each other for hundreds of years. Although in history Russia destroyed Poland three times. But Poland has not changed its hard-line anti-Russian stance. Racking his brains to find fault in Russia.
As the focus of confrontation between continental European powers and Russia in the core area of Eurasia, Poland has become a bridgehead for the United States against Russia. As a result, Poland's purely military status was greatly enhanced.
In the long run, the ranking of European countries may face adjustment in the future, and Poland may become the first military power in the Us camp in Eastern Europe. Poland is the absolute number one land snake in Eastern Europe. Without the use of nuclear weapons, neither Russia nor Germany would have the will to militarily subdue Poland, which had increased its arsenal.
In the past 30 years, the old allies of the United States in Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Austria and other countries have basically abandoned the hard-line anti-Russian stance, and relations with Russia have gradually eased. The United States will not be able to rally these people against Russia, and even the establishment of several brigade-sized units in the Baltic Sea will not be able to complete for many years.
At the same time, the relative power of the United States has been declining, and it is increasingly unable to maintain its global hegemony. To this end, the United States began to support the hard-line anti-Russian countries in Eastern Europe with Poland at the core.
The education of modern Poles is almost described as the three times in our history, and each time there have been things done by Russia, and the blood debt is heavy. Therefore, Poles will like Russia to be a supernatural event.
At the same time, like Russia, Ukraine is also a strategic buffer zone that Poland is very concerned about. If the Russians take Ukraine, then the Polish buffer will be gone.
Therefore, this time to aid Ukraine, Poland is also doing its best to provide Ukraine, a large number of T-72 tanks, Lightning man-portable air defense missiles, MiG-29 fighters, Polish-made drones, a large number of ammunition, etc., but also the largest number of volunteers.
From Poland's point of view, this round of military expansion is an inevitable choice for Poland, which is located in the land of four wars, from a geostrategic point of view. As the situation in Europe continues to be volatile, whether it is for the sake of balancing Russian military pressure or for a greater voice in NATO and the European Union, Poland is required to strengthen its hard power.
NATO is expanding eastward, and Poland is the main driver. Of course, more importantly, the expansion of Poland's armaments is also a possible period of turmoil in Europe in the future, and it is possible to accumulate strength in muddy waters.