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BELMA S.A.

BELMA S.A.

State-owned defense manufacturer

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NATO's eastern flank builds a new iron curtain of mines, bunkers, and barriers

Force in Play

Scaling mine production 25-fold

In 1997, 122 countries signed a treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, buoyed by a campaign that won the Nobel Prize. By 2016, Poland had destroyed its entire stockpile, but on February 20, 2026, it withdrew and announced plans to restart mine production and mine its 400-mile eastern border within 48 hours. These minefields will integrate into a $2.5 billion fortification network stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Carpathian foothills.

Updated May 29