Germany Wants To Supply Poland With A Defense System

The Bundeswehr itself needs to be quicker in procurement.

Protection Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) needs to assist Poland with a Patriot protection system. The reason being the rocket assault that killed two individuals close to the Ukrainian border on Tuesday. “We supplied Poland assist in securing its airspace – with our Eurofighters and with Patriot air protection techniques,” the minister informed the Düsseldorf newspaper “Rheinische Submit” and the Bonn “Normal-Anzeiger”.

Germany is already supporting Slovakia with the fight plane and the air protection system. This presence needs to be prolonged till the tip of 2023, “probably even past that”.

On November 15, a rocket fell within the Polish village of Przewodow, simply six kilometers from the border with Ukraine. Two civilians died. At the moment, the West assumes that it was a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile used to defend towards assaults by the Russian navy.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has up to now maintained the declare that it was a Russian missile. However he stated he wasn’t 100% positive what occurred.

Lambrecht stated that as a consequence of this occasion, the alliance needed to place itself even higher by way of air protection. This is applicable particularly to NATO companions resembling Poland, Slovakia and the Baltic States, which border immediately on Russia and Ukraine.

Bundeswehr needs to be quicker in procurement

In the identical interview, the Protection Minister stated that the Bundeswehr is now utilizing exceptions in European public procurement regulation to acquire materials extra shortly. “We have to get quicker with sourcing. Order extra of what’s accessible in the marketplace and tried and examined by our companions, and never spend years creating our personal gold-rimmed options.”

As well as, orders underneath a price of 5000 euros may now be awarded with no time-consuming tender. That impacts 20 % of all orders from the procurement workplace of the Bundeswehr in Koblenz. “The 100 billion euros alone won’t do the trick,” stated the minister.

As a response to the Russian battle of aggression towards Ukraine, the Bundestag and Bundesrat selected a particular program price 100 billion euros to equip an operational Bundeswehr. The cash is for use to buy new plane, helicopters, ships, tanks and ammunition within the coming years.

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