Derek E. Mix
Analyst in European Affairs
March 7, 2016
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"Poland has the ninth
-
largest army in NATO, with 48,200 active personnel, and there are
approximately 99,300 total active military personnel across all branches (Poland ended military
conscription in 2009). Poland's arm
ed forces are in the midst of a 10
-
year transformation effort to
develop a smaller, more capable, and more deployable military. Despite budgetary pressures,
Poland is pursuing a broad equipment acquisition program linked to the need to phase out
remaining
Soviet
-
era material and upgrade its main battle tanks and other armored vehicles,
helicopters, air defenses, drones, and individual soldier equipment. Over the period 2013 to 2022,
plans call for the country to spend approximately $35 billion on military m
modernization."
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