Overview
- The UK and Poland have publicly launched the Warsaw Defence Plan as the first phase of a new Security and Defence Partnership Treaty to deepen military cooperation on Europe’s eastern flank.
- The plan sets joint capability work on next‑generation air‑defence missiles, drone and counter‑drone systems, and shared frigate development drawing on the Type 31 and Miecznik programmes.
- Partners will expand defence industrial ties by coordinating procurement and increasing production capacity, including a BAE Systems and PGZ programme to boost large‑calibre ammunition output.
- Both governments will step up Baltic Sea maritime activity and exercises, and they have announced a large 'Coalition of the Willing' exercise in Poland next month to ready multinational forces to train and help rebuild Ukraine.
- Poland’s frontline NATO position and the UK’s political backing aim to strengthen deterrence, harden cyber and counter‑hybrid defences, and build resilient supply chains for allies and Ukrainian support efforts.