US EditionIschinger Offer: Sorry, but the Boom Country Poland Does Not Need German Weapons
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Well-meaning offers to give German weapons to Poland misrepresent the reality: the prosperous country maintains the third largest army of Nato and has F-35-barncap jets, F-16 aircraft, Abrams tankers and Himars multiple rocket launchers.
Former German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger sparked a debate in Berlin by suggesting that Germany could donate some of its military equipment to Poland. As Die Welt reported, such a gesture would strengthen the security of the frontline state and simultaneously contribute to improving relations between the two countries. Ischinger also referred to the unresolved issue of reparations from the Polish perspective. Carlo Masala of the Bundeswehr Unive…
The proposal by Wolfgang Ischinger, chairman of the Munich Security Conference, to gift weapons systems to Poland in order to allay the neighboring country's concerns about the German military buildup has met with skepticism among German politicians and security experts. "It seems a bit bizarre, perhaps even paternalistic, to want to gift weapons systems to a country that has been very determined and successful for several years in building one …
German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger believes that Germany could, in connection with the unresolved issue of war reparations, gift Poland military equipment - a submarine, a corvette or several tanks.
Wolfgang Ischinger, German diplomat and chairman of the Munich Security Conference, believes that Berlin could, in connection with the unresolved issue of war reparations, gift Warsaw military equipment. "What if, in recognition of Poland's front-line role, Germany presented it with a submarine, a frigate, or a few tanks?" he said in an interview with the daily Die Welt.
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