Poland's PM calls for support for national arms industry

Poland's arms industry needs at least 4 billion zlotys (about 1.3 billion U.S. dollars) worth of commissions annually to maintain its present production, Poland's Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Monday.

At the opening of the 14th International Defence Industry Salon in the southern city of Kielce, Kaczynski said, "Today's battlefield requires very advanced technology and this is a challenge for the human mind. This salon offers answers to this challenge, answers that are increasingly advanced and interesting."

"We want peace but today's complicated times force us to maintain readiness. I hope this salon contributes to this readiness," the PAP news agency quoted him as saying.

A total of 312 exhibitors from 23 countries are taking part in the Kielce fair.

Source:english.people.com.cn