Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Pochylska, Anna (Author), Terlikowski, Marcin (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Warszawa [Poland] Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych 2015
Subjects:	Politics / Political Sciences Politics Security and defense Military policy
Online Access:	BSB01
Item Description:	With the decision to select Patriot as its next medium-range air and missile defence system, Poland is launching a programme considered the most important one out of the $35 billion Armed Forces Technical Modernisation Plan for the years 2013-2022. The sheer value of the contract ($4-6 bln), its strategic and operational significance, and the technologies involved, are all enough to make it a hot topic in popular debates. But this programme is special also because it involves a U.S. contractor, which will be responsible for providing key technologies. While Poland has long been gravitating towards closer defence political ties with the United States, it has also been particularly anxious with regards to defence cooperation with Washington, even despite the fact that the U.S. became the top importer of Polish defence materiel. To make the most out of the AMD selection, and any other possible programmes that may be won by a U.S. contractor, Poland should drop unrealistic or simply false assumptions regarding defence industrial cooperation with the U.S. and push the envelope of collaboration, wherever it is possible, while limiting its ambitions where they are exaggerated
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource(1 p. 6)