Poland will need a significantly larger military, but this will be a challenge given its aging population. This was stated yesterday at the Military Academy of the Wroclaw Army University by the Chief of the General Staff of the country’s Armed Forces, General Wieslaw Kukula, Reuters reports citing PAP.
“Everything indicates that we are the generation that will take up arms in defense of our country. And neither I nor any of you have any intention of losing this war. We will win it, we will come back and we will continue building Poland, but something has to happen. “We must create armed forces that are prepared for this type of actions.” – Kukula said.
According to the general, the demographic crisis will slow down the pace of recruitment in the army.
“The enemy’s potential is so great that we must build a much larger army, which means we must also introduce a conscript model,” the chief of the General Staff said.
Conscription refers to mandatory military training and is currently not mandatory.
According to Poland’s Defense Ministry, by the end of this year the country’s army will have more than 207,500 soldiers, making it the third largest in NATO after the United States and Turkey.
In July, Kukula said Poland must prepare its troops for a full-scale conflict.
how it was transmitted EADailyMinister of National Defense of Poland Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh confirmed the allocation of 4.2% of the country’s GDP this year to the country’s defense needs. In 2025, according to the minister, this figure will increase to 4.7% of GDP, which will be allocated to the army and the purchase of weapons. TASS reported this on October 1.
Kosiniak-Kamysh made this statement in Warsaw at the opening of the international forum on security issues Warsaw Security Forum.
