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Saturday, May 03, 2025

Poland PM Donald Tusk aims to build "the strongest army in the region." Warsaw has been on a spending spree, buying planes, ships, artillery systems and missiles from the US, Sweden, and South Korea, out of concern of a Russian invasion. Now civilians are attending military training courses on the weekend. Said one, "history has taught us that we must be prepared to defend ourselves on our own. We cannot rely on anyone else. Today alliances exist, and tomorrow they are broken. Most Poles will take up arms [if attacked] and be ready to defend the country." The US currently has 10,000 troops stationed in Poland, but Washington announced last month it was pulling out of a key military base in the city of Rzeszow.

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Approximately 216,000 servicemen and women make up the Polish armed forces. The government says they intend to increase that to half a million, including reservists which would give it the second-largest military in NATO after the US. Poland has a population of 37 million. According to the Global Firepower Index, Poland's military is ranked 21 out of 145 countries. Source: www.globalfirepower.com

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-03 12:37 AM | Reply

Time for everyone to nuke up.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-03 12:39 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#2: Norway blew the cobwebs off their old Cold War bunkers and is re-furnishing them because of Voldemart Putin and his protege in the White House, Dotard Trumpf: www.bbc.co.uk

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-03 12:56 AM | Reply

Smart. The Poles are developing a Home Guard. The HG is a cornerstone of Scandanavian Defense Strategy. It's why the Finns were so successful against the commies in WWII.

#4 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-05-03 06:32 AM | Reply

#2

I actually spend quite a bit of time in one of those bunkers.

#5 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-05-03 06:33 AM | Reply

Ever hear about the Polish helicopter crash? The pilot got cold, so he shut off the fan.

#6 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-05-03 09:27 AM | Reply

#6 | Posted by fortfisher

If you applied for citizenship, I think that Putin would let you in.

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-03 10:56 AM | Reply

Years ago, my team and I spent a week inside Site-R for a continuation of operations drill. This is where VPOTUS Dick Cheney fled to on 9/11 and why the Blackhawk helicopters are always rehearsing their flight plans near DCA airport.

Smoking is not allowed inside the airtight bunker built into a mountain able to survive a nukestrike. Uh-huh. nypost.com

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-03 02:16 PM | Reply

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