Jaroslaw Adamowski

Jaroslaw Adamowski

Jaroslaw Adamowski is the Poland correspondent for Defense News.

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Poland buys missiles for hitting targets spotted by radar balloons

The new buy is part of a plan to fortify Poland's borders with Russia and Belarus, with sensors watching for threats as far as 1,000 kilometers away.

6 weeks ago

Poland spends $1 billion on US-made surveillance aerostats

Leaders in Warsaw plan to field high-flying sensors to monitor threats on land, in the air and at sea.

7 weeks ago

Poland looks to buy early-warning aircraft from Sweden

Warsaw is in the middle of a comprehensive and costly upgrade of all its military capabilities.

Latvian government approves $110 million Naval Strike Missile buy

The acquisition comes amid a hasty push for modern weapons animated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022.

Croatian lawmakers back new armored vehicles, Spike anti-tank missiles

The country wants new vehicles and weapons to meet capability targets pledged to NATO.

After Poland, Romania also wants to buy American Abrams tanks

A request to approve the acquisition is expected for consideration by the Romanian parliament shortly, a senior defense official said.

Ukraine plans to spend $540 million on drones this year

“This is just the beginning. After all, this is not only about the needs of aerial reconnaissance,” Ukraine's defense minister said.

Poland buys two spy satellites from Airbus

The deal is part of Poland’s efforts to boost its military reconnaissance capacities following Russia’s invasion of its neighbor Ukraine.

Lithuania buys Switchblade 600 drones

Lithuania has become the first European NATO member to order the kamikaze drone.

Romania spends $410 million on Israeli-British Watchkeeper drones

The purchase is the latest example of eastern European nations seeking to get their defense industries involved in maintaining Western systems.

Belarus says its Russian S-400, Iskander missiles enter ‘combat duty’

The move comes as analysts are seeing Moscow’s rising pressure on Minsk to increase the satellite nation’s involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Poland accepts Germany’s Patriot offer after fatal missile strike

Germany offers missile defense equipment and air policing jets to secure Poland's borders.

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