Posted on 05/30/2015 2:55:10 AM PDT by elhombrelibre
Don’t look now: A new military power may be rising on the plains of Central Europe. According to data recently released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a leading tracker of global defense spending, Poland’s military outlays last year jumped higher than any other country in Europe bar Ukraine, which is in the midst of a full-blown war. That includes Russia, which is on the other side of that war in Ukraine. In 2015, Poland’s plans for military spending top
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Are they building up their submarine fleet?
I don’t get it. The linked PDF showed that Russia, France, UK, Germany and even Italy were all spending more that Poland. Did the author just miscalculate or do I just look at things wrong?
Maybe they meant in terms of gdp per capita.
I believe the author is referring to the rate of increase, not the total number.
Percentage increase. The Poles have a very good and highly professional military, and one of the best special operations team in the world (GROM). It is to Poland’s credit that GROM has been deemed good enough to operate along the likes of the SAS, DEVGRU (ST6) and CAG (Delta), which is proof sufficient that the unit is top notch. If the Russians ever try any silly nonsense in Poland they will get a nasty welcome.
Considering what happened to Poland in the last century: do you blame them?
Singapore’s defense budget is roughly the same, to defend roughly 200 sq miles. Poland’s number is nothing like its Cold War levels.
Ozy is Carlos Watson of MSNBC. Pointing out he can’t do math is raciss.
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