Negotiations are underway with the Swedes on the details of the acquisition of 3 submarines under the Orka programme. At the same time, the Ministry of National Defence is considering the acquisition of miniature submarines, among others, for peculiar troops, outside the classical units. specified information was provided at the session of the Parliamentary Committee on National Defence by Deputy Chief of the Ministry Stanisław Wzątek.
Visualization of the Ork vessel
Members of the Law and Justice requested information on the acquisition of fresh submarines for the Navy. Last year Poland decided to acquisition 3 Swedish units A26 Blekinge.
Mr Michał Jach, who represented the applicants in the parliamentary proceeding of the National Defence Commission, reported that they had been informed that the Polish military had resigned from their intention to arm the units with maneuvering missiles. "We believe that this is simply a bad decision that weakens both the operational possible and the deterrence of the armed forces," argued the erstwhile president of the parliamentary committee. Jach indicated that thanks to specified a weapon, about 1,500 km, Polish submarines were able to offend Baltic targets just 200–300 km from Moscow.
The second point pointed out by Mr PiS was besides advanced – due to the fact that the current $5 billion – cost of purchasing 3 fresh submarines. – Given that this is the price of ships without weapons in the form of maneuvering rockets, the Polish army cannot afford specified an costly toy. We request to equip the Navy with specified units, each of which will have a crucial impact on the military safety of the Republic and will increase the possible for deterrence – led Jah.
Deputy Minister of Defence Stanisław Wzątek, who answered the questions of Members, stressed that, in the open manner in which the discussion is held at the committee meeting, he could not give detailed information on Tactical and method specifications of ships Underwater code name ‘Orka’. “All the more so due to the fact that negotiations are inactive ongoing with the Swedes on this issue,” said Stanisław Wzątek. He besides announced that no final and final decisions had yet been made. “If the terms negotiated with Sweden are not satisfactory, the agreement will not be signed and negotiations with another bidders will begin”, declared the Deputy Minister of Defence.
But that is not all. During the meeting, the Deputy Chief of the MON informed that the acquisition of Orek did not close and finish the plans of the Defence Ministry concerning the submarine capabilities of the armed forces. 1 option that the military is considering is, according to the Deputy Minister, to get next to classical submarines besides miniature units. They would be utilized by peculiar troops to defend critical infrastructure, for example wind farms.
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