Macierewicz: Poland must have greater and stronger army
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On April 11, Polish Minister of National Defence Antoni Macierewicz has visited Polish soldiers serving in Afghanistan, as a part of "Resolute Support" mission.
During it, minister gave a talk: "If Poland want to be an independent and capable for being viable and sovereign state, it must have greater and stronger army."
In its turn, soldiers asked Macierewicz about Polish army modernization programs, which are a little bit poor after the previous crew. Minister emphasized on it for a problematic question of estimating the costs of modernization - it is necessary to have at least PLN 235 billion for the program by 2020 instead of earlier indicated PLN 130 billion. Therefore "they [ministry] were creating excellent work, but without ammunition, because of the lack of money".
Defence Minister also announced other changes in the structure of Polish army, including the creating of brigades for territorial defense (which must count 35,000 soldiers in 1.5 year) and the expansion of operational forces.
