Poland almost 20 years in NATO, but on the weapons it still has many weapons of the Soviet period.
It would be good to equip the army with modern equipment is already “yesterday”, but for full re-equipment of the APU requires a lot of time and a lot of money. This was at the briefing said the Minister of defence Stepan Poltorak, answering the question about what new models of weapons was received by the soldiers in the ATO area over the last year.
“We want to get even for yesterday what we have. Poland for almost 20 years in NATO, but in service it is the AK-74 and Mi-24, Mi-8, su, MiG-29. To ensure that we received full re-Mat, takes time and financial resource,” he said.
The Minister noted that if you compare the army image 2014 with the army of 2017 “are completely different APU’s capabilities, combat abilities, equipping and provision”.
“But there are problems that are very hard solved. There are so many components that do not allow us to make quick decisions. It is necessary to improve the legislative framework, it is necessary to try to cooperate with producers that are not always in time to serve products. The legislative framework makes it impossible to seriously prosecute those who do not respect contracts,” he added.
Poltorak promised that new weapons can be seen in the exhibition to the independence Day – almost 70 units of new weapons, including upgraded, and virtually created from scratch.
“But the process of creating new technology is not even five years, so we understand,” he said.
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