Poland to buy Tomahawks?

The Ministry of National Defense has inquired of the US Army about the possibility to buy long range, subsonic Tomahawk cruise missiles, according to the Polish daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. The information was confirmed by the Defense Minister, Tomasz Siemoniak, during an interview with the public radio broadcaster. Siemoniak said that the ministry plans to begin the procedure of purchasing three cruise missile submarines, with deals scheduled to be signed in 2017. "The matter of equipping the submarines with cruise missiles was mulled for a long time. Last year, after a detailed analysis, I made the decision to endow Polish submarines with this type of weapon and we are inquiring of whoever may deliver them, including the Americans," Siemoniak said. The minister also said that the matter of a potential purchase of cruise missiles has a long time horizon. According to Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, the Tomahawk missiles would become part of a deterrence system dubbed "Polish Fangs."