Poland held a massive parade in the capital city of Warsaw on Tuesday, to show off its military prowess. This country is trying to strengthen its defense capacity, after Russia invaded its neighbor, Ukraine. The Polish Armed Forces Day Parade takes place on the anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw in 1920, in which Polish troops defeated Bolshevik forces invading Europe.

The paramilitary parade marched through Warsaw accompanied by 200 defense equipment. Hile Black Hawk helicopters. Among the equipment on display includes the US-made M1A1 Abrams tank, South Korea’s K2 tank and K9 self-propelled howitzer, as well as the HIMARS mobile artillery system, the Patriot air defense system, and the Borsuk infantry fighting vehicle. Poland.

As a member of the NATO alliance, Poland has also supported Kyiv in its war against Russia.

The country’s right-wing government, led by the PiS Law and Justice party, has also increased its defense preparedness by spending more than 16 billion US dollars (around Rp. 244 trillion) on tanks, missile interceptor systems, and fighter jets, in the past two years. Is also commited to doubling the size of it’s troops and spending around 4 of the country’s economic output on defense systems this year.

The increase in expenditure and procurement of military weapons has also had a significant effect on increasing the Polish state’s defense capabilities.

Defense is the people’s top priority

Polish President Andrzej Duda, an ally of PiS, on Tuesday (15/08). Criticized the previous administration for not prioritizing military might in the country. “Before that we had the opposite situation, namely the reduction in the number of the Polish armed forces.”

However, opposition law makers in the country have accused the current government of instrumenting the military for its own political ends. I hope that you will never again be requid to provide. Backdrop for inflaming political hard. Wrote Marcin Kierwinski. A member of parliament for the liberal opposition Civic Platform party. On social media platform formerly known as under the name Twitter. Poland is scheduled to hold general elections in October, in which PiS will seek to win a third election

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