Thursday media review; Israel attacks Syria all day; Polish arms exports may shortly be simpler

**Maciej Miłosz: Rzeczpospolita: “Export of Polish weapons can be simpler soon”**
"In the coming months a change in the law will be introduced, which will let the Ministry of Defence to buy arms from Polish producers for another governments. The mechanics is to work like the American FMS. 1 of the reasons why the largest arms contracts for the Polish Army are implemented by American companies, in addition to the most advanced technologies and comparatively fast transportation times, is besides an easy and easy way to carry out these transactions. For the Armed Forces Agency - the "purchase arm" of the Ministry of Defence - the abroad Military Sales (FMS) mechanism, means the direct signing of an intergovernmental agreement with the American administration, is much simpler in implementation than at least negotiations with the Polish arms industry. In FMS, the Polish side must find precisely what it wants from a possible offer, and for these most detailed negotiations, the implementation of the contract, but besides the guarantees are the work of the American government, which charges a fewer percent commission. However, due to the fact that the US government is making much larger orders and, for example, the order from Poland may be ‘addled’ to a larger American order, this final price may even be more favourable than the 1 we would negociate by trying to buy weapons straight from the American producer.”