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Defense/Poland. Polish defense trade show spurs deals on drones, digital combat training (Jaroslaw Adamowski, Defense News)

This year’s edition of the MSPO defense industry show in Kielce, Poland, which ran between Sept. 7 and 10, was dominated by major programs, including the country’s efforts to secure 32 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, 250 M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks, and mid- and short-range air defense systems.

The event also displayed a number of emerging trends that could increasingly shape Poland’s defense capacities in the coming years, such as an increased focus on unmanned and digital combat training capacities.

Polish defense trade show spurs deals on drones, digital combat training (defensenews.com)

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Defense. Raytheon offers SkyCeptor, Polish industry cooperation for air defense deal (Jaroslaw Adamowski, Defense News)

U.S. troops emplace a launching station of the Patriot air and missile defense system at a test range in Sochaczew, Poland, on March 21, 2015, as part of a joint exercise with Polish troops to demonstrate the U.S. Army’s ability to rapidly deploy the systems within NATO territory. (Janek Skarzynski/AFP via Getty Images)

Raytheon Technologies says it is gearing to deliver the first two Patriot Configuration 3+ batteries to Poland in 2022. As Poland’s Wisla mid-range air defense program is advancing, the company hopes to benefit from its industrial cooperation with nine Polish partners to pursue the program’s second phase, and is offering SkyCeptor missiles to Warsaw, according to senior company representatives.

Raytheon offers SkyCeptor, Polish industry cooperation for air defense deal (defensenews.com)

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Defense. Rafael aims to supply Spike LR2 missiles to Serbia, Poland (Jaroslaw Adamowski, Defense News)

Israeli company Rafael makes the anti-tank guided missile Spike LR II. (Courtesy of Rafael)

Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems hopes to add Serbia to its customer base for the Spike LR2 missile. At the same time, the company is promoting its product at the MSPO defense industry show in Kielce, Poland, in the country where local, state-owned Mesko plant produces the Spike LR anti-tank guided weapon under a license.

Rafael aims to supply Spike LR2 missiles to Serbia, Poland (defensenews.com)

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Poland/Afghans. Afghans Stuck at Poland’s Border Need Protection (Lydia Gall, HRW)

Polish security forces surround migrants at the border with Belarus in Usnarz Gorny, Poland on September 1, 2021. 

Polish security forces surround migrants at the border with Belarus in Usnarz Gorny, Poland on September 1, 2021.  © 2021 Czarek Sokolowski/AP Images

While Poland’s government touts its role in the airlift of at-risk Afghans from Kabul, it has trapped 32 Afghans for over 3 weeks at its border with Belarus, preventing them from entering Poland to exercise their right to seek asylum and denying them access to food and medicine.

Afghans Stuck at Poland’s Border Need Protection | Human Rights Watch (hrw.org)

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Poland. Poland readies for short-range air defense deal as trade show approaches (Jaroslaw Adamowski, Defense News)

U.S. troops emplace a launching station of the Patriot air and missile defense system at a test range in Sochaczew, Poland, on March 21, 2015, as part of a joint exercise with Polish troops to demonstrate the U.S. Army’s ability to rapidly deploy the systems within NATO territory. (Janek Skarzynski/AFP via Getty Images) (AFP via Getty Images)

Poland’s military acquisition efforts have hosted several unexpected twists and turns this year. The Defence Ministry awarded a deal for 24 Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones in May without a tender, and it later unexpectedly unveiled plans to buy 250 M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks from the United States. The next major procurement in the pipeline concerns Poland’s Narew short-range air defense system, with numerous foreign suppliers competing for the deal.

Poland readies for short-range air defense deal as trade show approaches (defensenews.com)

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Poland/Belarus. Thirteen Detained In Poland For Attempt To Destroy Fence Along Belarusian Border (RFE RL)

Poland has detained 13 activists for trying to destroy part of a fence along the border with Belarus that has been erected to help stem the flow of illegal migrants crossing into the country.

Poland’s Border Guard Service said late on August 29 that the detained suspects include 12 Polish nationals and one citizen of the Netherlands.

Thirteen Detained In Poland For Attempt To Destroy Fence Along Belarusian Border (rferl.org)

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Poland/Belarus. Poland Calls On Belarus To Allow Aid Delivery To Stranded Migrants (RFE RL)

Poland has accused the Belarusian authorities of not allowing humanitarian assistance to be delivered to a group of about 30 migrants stranded on the border between the two countries.

Poland Calls On Belarus To Allow Aid Delivery To Stranded Migrants (rferl.org)

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Poland/Belarus. Poland To Erect Fence On Belarus Border Amid Migrant Inflow (RFE RL)

Poland says it will build a fence on its border with its eastern neighbor Belarus to stem a flow of migrants that European officials say is being driven by Minsk in retaliation for sanctions against the regime of authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

Poland To Erect Fence On Belarus Border Amid Migrant Inflow (rferl.org)

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Poland/Donald Tusk – The Tusk Effect (Project-Syndicate)

SŁAWOMIR SIERAKOWSKI

Within weeks of returning to Polish domestic politics, former European Council president Donald Tusk has already emerged as the father of the opposition – and with the public support to prove it. At the same time, the country’s illiberal ruling party finds itself on a collision course with just about everyone

The Tusk Effect by Sławomir Sierakowski – Project Syndicate (project-syndicate.org)

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