Strengthening the region's air defence and expanding the investment in defence in NATO countries – president Andrzej Duda identified the main themes he intends to address during the upcoming NATO summit in Washington. Just before the press conference, the military superior met with soldiers of the 34th Radiotechnical Battalion in Chojnice.
President Andrzej Duda was visiting the 34th Radio method Battalion in Chojnice, Pomerania today. He was accompanied by Jacek Siewara, head of the National safety Bureau. “Before the upcoming NATO summit, I wanted to visit the radio technology unit. I met with soldiers who service the Republic and defender our heaven. These are the silent angels who are liable for our security," said Andrzej Duda during the press briefing. He pointed out that it was these military specialists who inform erstwhile a abroad aircraft approaches Poland. “They are the ones who are watching him and triggering appropriate safety procedures to guarantee that the borders of the Republic are well guarded,” explained the President.
The military superior announced what matters he would address during the upcoming NATO summit in Washington, D.C. next week. “We will talk, among another things, about strengthening air defense. We have alliance systems in Poland, for example British Sky Sabre is American Patriot. At the same time we are besides conducting advanced work on building our own anti-aircraft and anti-missile defence system," explained the President. He added that it is simply a three-layer system, which includes anti-aircraft and rocket defence kits Pilica, Narew and Vistula.
Andrzej Duda stressed that radio-location troops request modern equipment to carry out their tasks. "I am glad that we have a advanced level of defence spending, over 4% of GDP. I have no uncertainty that it must be kept at least at this level. I spoke to the Prime Minister and the Minister of National Defence about this – said the head of the armed forces. At the same time, he announced that he would besides talk about defence spending at the NATO Summit. – They must be increased due to the situation in which we were found due to Russian aggression against Ukraine – he explained. He besides announced that he would postulate at the Washington Summit that all NATO states should spend no little than 3% of their GDP on defence.
34 Radiotechnical Battalion is subject to the 3rd Radiotechnical Brigade in Wrocław. Its service soldiers conduct radiolocational reconnaissance of airspace within the national air defence strategy and NATO's integrated air and rocket defence system. They besides participate in the Air Police mission. Their tasks include detecting aircraft and helicopters that do not have, for example, a transponder on.
For more than 2 years, soldiers of the 34th Radiotechnical Battalion have besides been on combat work at high-level radio-location stations located on the east border of our country.
