Poland and weapons of mass destruction

During the Cold War, Soviet nuclear warheads were stockpiled in Poland and designated to deploy within the Polish People's Army.

Poland was also working with Russia to help eliminate the large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons developed by the Warsaw Pact countries.

This meant that the Polish People's Army was equipped with aircraft (such as MiG-21, Su-7 and Su-22), as well as short range ballistic missiles (such as R-300 Elbrus, 9K52 Luna-M and OTR-21 Tochka) that could be used to deliver Soviet nuclear weapons.

[2] Prior to the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union maintained large numbers of troops on Polish territory.

Three storage site were completed late 1969, in forests near the villages of Brzeźnica-Kolonia, Podborsko and Templewo in western Poland.