Poland

is strengthening the defense capabilities of its army and for this purpose is increasing its number and ordering additional batches of weapons, and will also receive several surveillance satellites from France.

PAP writes about it.

Thus, on January 2, the Minister of Defense of Poland Mariusz Blaszczak signed an agreement with the manufacturer of automatic rifles Grot for an additional 70 thousand units of such weapons for the needs of his army.

Taking into account previous agreements, about 100,000 rifles have already been purchased for the needs of the Polish army.

Blaszczak emphasized that the next order of GROT rifles is an element of building a strong army that should ensure the security of Poland.

"These are good and proven rifles. They are well appreciated by the Polish army, as well as the servicemen of the Ukrainian army. They have positively proven themselves in battle. This is the most important test that the Grot rifle passed," he explained.

Blaszczak added that several more agreements to purchase Grot will be signed in the coming weeks.

"The Polish army is strengthening its defense capabilities in order to scare off the aggressor. We want peace, but for this we must prepare for war. There should be a lot of rifles in the country, in particular in warehouses," the Polish minister added.

Modernization of the Polish army

Blaszczak reminded that his ministry has big plans for the Polish army for the coming years.

The size of the army should be increased to 300,000 soldiers.

In addition, modern equipment is being purchased.

GROT carbines will become one of the main elements of a Polish soldier's equipment.

"Also, we need to prepare carbines, which will be equipment for reservists. Thus, at least 300,000 members of the Polish Army plus reservists - this is exactly the number we are talking about when it comes to ordering GROT carbines," the Minister of National Defense noted.

By the way, at the end of December 2022, a meeting of the defense ministers of Poland and France took place in Warsaw.

The ministers of the two countries approved the contract for the supply of two surveillance satellites to the Polish army.

"The Ministers of Defense of Poland and France signed a contract for the supply of 2 surveillance satellites with a receiving station in Poland. The satellites will increase the capabilities of the Polish Army in the field of receiving intelligence data based on surveillance satellites that operate as part of the Franco-Polish constellations," it is said in a message from the Ministry of Defense on Twitter.

Vicepremier @mblaszczak, szef @MON_GOV_PL signed umowy na dostawę przez Francję satelitów obserwacyjnych wraz ze stacją dłobiczą dla #WojskoPolskie .#wieszwięcej pic.twitter.com/IPeXCY9In5

— TOP TVP INFO (@TOPTVPINFO) December 27, 2022

We will remind, Putin's henchman and the main Russian propagandist Volodymyr Solovyov once again began

to threaten Poland with the alleged "taking of Warsaw".

The top propagandist of the terrorist country said that in the conditions of massive supplies of heavy military equipment from Western Ukraine, "new opportunities have opened up" for Russia.

According to Solovyov, it seems that Western countries are "naked and can be hit in the back".

Earlier, 

Poland declared a high probability of war with its participation

.

As reported, invitations to military exercises in 2023 began to be sent to men in Poland.

One of the locals received a call and emphasizes that he is

 an ordinary civilian and his only connection with the army was the military commission.

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