In 5-8 years, yeah. Now, not so much. They have a ton of gear on order but at the moment their materiel is mostly old Russian gear and a handful of F-16s.
War in Ukraine showed it’s complicated. They may have equipment but how it’s serviced? How competent the command is? From what I know Poland doesn’t have any navy (as in they don’t have any modern unit) but Ukraine also doesn’t have it and is still controlling the Black Sea. They do have Patriots and F-16 so way better than what Ukraine had and Russia never really got air superiority in Ukraine. I would expect them to have good enough artillery and ammo stockpiles to stop any ground troops, same as Ukraine did. My guess is that if they are properly prepared the would easily defend themselves.
In 5-8 years, yeah. Now, not so much. They have a ton of gear on order but at the moment their materiel is mostly old Russian gear and a handful of F-16s.
I thought Poland was a mostly nato military now? Are they really that far behind still?
War in Ukraine showed it’s complicated. They may have equipment but how it’s serviced? How competent the command is? From what I know Poland doesn’t have any navy (as in they don’t have any modern unit) but Ukraine also doesn’t have it and is still controlling the Black Sea. They do have Patriots and F-16 so way better than what Ukraine had and Russia never really got air superiority in Ukraine. I would expect them to have good enough artillery and ammo stockpiles to stop any ground troops, same as Ukraine did. My guess is that if they are properly prepared the would easily defend themselves.
They ordered an obscene amount of US and Korean equipment but deliveries only start in 2026 or so. there’s a good breakdown here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernization_of_the_Polish_Armed_Forces