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 by Staff Writers Warsaw (AFP) Feb 28, 2019
Poland said Thursday it would spend $49 billion by 2026 to modernise its armed forces by buying fighter jets, helicopters and submarines. The new equipment will be deployed mainly in eastern Poland -- NATO's eastern flank -- amid concern following Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea and the collapse of a landmark US-Russia arms treaty. "We know how to modernise Poland's military and we will do it!" Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak tweeted. He said planned purchases included submarines, marine helicopters, surface-to-air defence systems and 32 new fifth-generation fighters to replace Russian aircraft. Blaszczak did not specify when the purchases will be made. Earlier this month, the US and Poland inked a deal for Warsaw to buy American mobile rocket launchers worth $414 million. In March last year, Warsaw signed a $4.75 billion contract to purchase a US-made Patriot anti-missile system. Poland's right-wing government has been pushing for the US to open a permanent military base. Nearly 5,000 American troops are already stationed on a rotational basis as part of NATO operations. According to Polish media, US Under Secretary of Defence for Policy John Rood is expected in Warsaw next month to announce a plan for an important US command centre in Poland. With a defence budget equal to 2 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), Poland is in the minority of NATO countries that have met the Western defence alliance's expenditure target.
Turkey seeks 110 more arrests over Gulen ties Ankara (AFP) Feb 25, 2019 Turkish police on Monday launched operations to detain 110 more individuals, mostly soldiers, suspected of ties to the group blamed for the 2016 coup attempt, the Ankara public prosecutor's office said. Tens of thousands of people have been held over alleged ties to US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen since the failed coup while over 140,000 public sector employees have been sacked or suspended. Although Ankara has come under heavy criticism from its Western allies and human rights defender ... read more
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