That is particularly true of the Polish army and air force, which still operate Soviet-era T-72 and PT-91 (a T-72 variant) main battle tanks (MBT) and MiG-29 and Su-22 aircraft. Indeed, the Polish military has long recognized its need to replace the 30- to 40-year-old combat systems that make up much of its equipment. More noteworthy is Poland’s intention to accelerate the modernization of its military hardware. Most of those troop increases had already been outlined in Poland’s Armed Forces Development Program that was released in 2018. Its headline aim was to double the strength of Poland’s armed forces to 250,000 personnel and expand the ranks of its Territorial Defense Force (Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej or WOT) to 50,000. In October 2021, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński announced that his government intended to raise defense spending to “ significantly higher” levels. Poland’s defense budget, currently over two percent of the country’s GDP, is apparently set to grow further.
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