What is the condition of the modern Polish Baltic fleet?
Short answerIt has useful ships but too few of them, because visible land threats give the army a much stronger claim on procurement funding.
NotesThe collapse of a planned seven-corvette programme into a single patrol vessel is the Polish Navy's central warning sign. Poland has capable ships, but too few of them to sustain a balanced maritime force. The army can make an immediate and politically vivid case by pointing to the land threat next door. Naval needs around the Baltic are easier to defer because neighbouring allied fleets make the gap appear less urgent.