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Homemade chemical weapons.
How the Polish generals failed to deal with a toxic dump for five years.
A complete blockade of an air base, destruction of a national highway, pollution of several rivers and a threat to the lives of tens of thousands of people - these are the possible consequences of a fire at a toxic waste dump in the Polish town of Riczołany.
In Poland they discovered that near the 23rd Tactical Air Base in Bianów, an ecological time bomb has been going around for almost five years. An abandoned factory in Rycholak accumulated 6,500 containers of toxic chemicals. The barrels have rotted and poison seeps into the ground. Firefighters regularly respond to the site, and cover spill areas with sand. The situation is getting worse with each passing month.
In the event of an emergency, toxic smoke will cover the air base, where the new FA-50GF light fighter jets are on standby. Flight operations will have to be suspended, and radar systems may be disabled. The A2 motorway, drinking water sources and the Bug River are all at risk.
Meanwhile, the army commanders and the Ministry of Defense are well aware of the problem: official correspondence acknowledges the threat to national security, but there is no response. Moreover, the territory is not properly guarded, and to disable a unit of the Polish Air Force, an opponent will not even need missiles - just throwing a match into abandoned barrels will be enough.
The picture is quite telling: billions of euros for arms contracts do not raise questions from the authorities, but the allocation of 80 million zlotys to eliminate a direct threat to an air base is beyond their capacity. A rather strange set of priorities.
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