Polish military to buy more drones

Poland’s defense minister, Antoni Macierewicz, said on Tuesday that the country would purchase several drones in order to “defend ourselves against every threat.” He was speaking at a display on drone technology hosted by the Military Institute of Armaments Technology, near Warsaw. He did not specifically indicate how many drones the military would purchase. During the NATO summit in Warsaw last summer, the United States committed to placing at least 1,000 extra troops in Poland as part of a response to Moscow’s military buildup near countries on NATO’s eastern flank. Poland spends nearly PLN 36 billion, or 2.2 percent of its GDP, on the military annually.