Follow-Up: Poland Discloses Details of Planned Permanent U.S. Base: Four Candidate Sites, About 5,000 Troops, Up to $4.4 Billion From Warsaw
After meeting U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on November 10, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz disclosed further details of the proposed permanent U.S. base beyond his announcement that the Pentagon had given it a 'green light.' Warsaw has identified four candidate sites, all in western Poland: Bydgoszcz, Poznań, Szczecin and Wrocław.
Under the Polish proposal, the installation would accommodate as many as 25,000 people, including approximately 5,000 U.S. troops, their families and support personnel. Poland has offered to cover the infrastructure costs, which the minister estimated in September at between 15 billion and 17 billion zlotys, or about $3.8 billion to $4.4 billion. Warsaw aims for a posture combining roughly 10,000 rotational troops with 5,000 permanently stationed service members. The final decision rests with the White House, expected in early December; the Pentagon's own account of the meeting did not mention the base, referring instead to broader defense-industry cooperation.
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(Source: Polish Ministry of National Defence)
Source: Polish Ministry of National Defence
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Photo: 图：驻波兰波兹南 Kosciuszko 营地的美军士兵训练（资料图）。照片：美国陆军，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: U.S. soldiers training at Camp Kosciuszko in Poznań, Poland (file photo). U.S. Army photo, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
