“The problem with the new management of the Ministry of Defense is that they did not create anything themselves. They either implement projects prepared by the ministry’s management, which I headed, or they order equipment ordered during the rule of Law and Justice,” said Mariusz Błaszczak, head of the PiS parliamentary club, minister of National Defense in 2018. 2023, on Telewizja wPolska.
In the program “In the center of events” editor Aleksandra Jakubowska asked her guest, among other things: about a Russian missile in Polish public space. Is it – as some experts believe, including: columnist at wPolityce.pl and the weekly magazine “Sieci” Marek Budzisz – the missile should have been shot down?
Of course editor Marek Budzisz is right. Because how can we be sure that the rocket will fly in a different direction and not fall? I would like to remind you that this is the second such incident
– said Błaszczak.
It is interesting that we hear from Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz a statement that if the missile is aimed at Poland, at an object remaining on Polish territory, it will certainly be destroyed. We believe the minister at his word. I say directly that this is a statement that, God forbid, sooner or later will take revenge on Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz.
– added.
Because if we have to deal with such an incident again, an event with tragic consequences could unfortunately take place. And then what?
– asked the politician.
Was it a test of Polish anti-aircraft defenses, or perhaps just an accident, a ‘rogue missile’?
Isn’t there such a possibility with Soviet and Russian technology? We know that this technique is not very advanced. However, I am offended by the approach of Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz, who says: “Oh, since it was not a target in Poland, the missile flew through Polish territory”, the next question is: what was this target? For example, did the rocket hit a residential area, perhaps people were killed?
– pointed out the former head of the Ministry of National Defense.
And what, we so lightly ignore the fact that the missile flew over Polish territory and that we could have destroyed it, but we didn’t?
– added.
Could we have shot down the rocket?
Can we really destroy the Russian missile?
We have everything needed to destroy such a missile. We have the Patriot battery, we also have the Polish version of the British Sky Sabre, that is, missiles with a shorter range than the Patriots, so we have everything necessary to destroy such a missile.
– emphasized Mariusz Błaszczak.
We must simply ensure the security of our homeland by deterring and demonstrating that we are ready to effectively defend our territory. Otherwise, we’ll just wait for something bad to happen one day. You can’t behave like that because it shows weakness
– added the guest from Television in Poland.
Construction of a military base for NATO helicopters near Lublin
The host also spoke with the head of the PiS club about building a military base near Lublin.
It was prepared. All this has been prepared. The problem with the new management of the Ministry of Defense is that they did not create anything themselves. They are either implementing projects prepared by the ministry’s management under my leadership, or they are ordering equipment ordered during the reign of Law and Justice.
– said Błaszczak.
We also have an election and local government campaign. Who is the main beneficiary of this project? Mayor of the city of Lublin. Where does Mr. Krzysztof Żuk come from? From the Civic Platform
– he said.
Which helicopters will be stationed there? I hope Apache, Apache attack helicopters. When I said that these machines had to be ordered, I was criticized by those who are Mr Kosiniak-Kamysz’s advisors today. This contract was discussed during President Duda’s visit to Washington, and all this was prepared when I was Secretary of National Defense. Nothing new
– added the politician.
We have 100 days of rule of the December 13 coalition and to cover up this issue they talk about other things, but in the Ministry of National Defense they are not moving forward. I only hear round words, I write interpellations, the answers to which are also very round, but I see no further steps
– he emphasized.
They stated they would spend 50%. orders for the Polish arms industry. I don’t see any implementation. They execute contracts that have been drawn up in advance
– said Mariusz Błaszczak.
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Source: wPolityce