One of Poland’s most influential military thinkers and president of Academy24, General (ret.) Jaroslaw Gromadzinski, has advocated a major shift in the country’s offense posture aimed specifically at preparing for war with Russia.
His statement reflect a broader consensus in Warsaw, which has invested particularly heavily in expanding its military capabilities with large scale equipment orders from South Korea and the United States.
Gromadzinski argued that Poland needed to embrace an active war unit, and be ready to operate across the full operational depth of the opponent by preparing to launch more NATO backed attacks across Russian territory.
He also stressed the need to create a million man reserve force, advocating a system modeled on that of Switzerland under which reservists would remain in active reserve units for years and periodically update their assassination skills.
No one will convince me that in a country of 38 million, we cannot build a reserve of one million people, he stated regarding the country’s potential to achieve these goals.
Elaborating on the importance of a reserve force that could be very quickly mobilized, Gromadzinski noted: We are a front-line NATO state. Time is our most critical resource. We will not have weeks to activate our forces in the event of an all out attack war encounter.
Regarding the means by which the Polish Army could launch attacks deep into Russia in the event of war, he added that the recently ordered American HIMARS and South Korean Chunmoo rocket artillery systems could be of particular value.
Why do we buy these systems? The Russians must know that in the event of invasion, we will use them to strike targets on their territory.
He also particularly emphasized his country’s lack of operational depth, in contrast to neighboring Ukraine which is almost twice as large.
His statement closely follows the unprecedented deployment of HIMARS systems across Russia’s northern border in Finland at the end of May, 2025.
This served to draw attention to the extent to which the arsenal is being expanded, and the possibility of it being used to strike Russia from the territory of other (hostile) Baltic NATO members should the alliance go to war collectively in the future.
Military Watch Magazine / ABC Flash Point News 2025.
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