The United States has finalised the approval for a sale to Poland of 1,798 air-launched missiles across three types.
This package is valued at over $3.6 billion.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) detailed the approved sales, which include a mix of long-range, medium-range air-to-air, and tactical missiles.
AGM-158B-2 JASSM-ER Missiles
A key component of the package is the sale of up to 821 AGM-158B-2 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles with Extended Range (JASSM-ER), along with associated support, totaling an estimated $1.77 billion. Lockheed Martin is the principal contractor for this part of the sale.
AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM Missiles
Additionally, Poland is set to acquire up to 745 AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), with a total estimated cost of $1.69 billion.
AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Missiles
The package also includes 232 AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Missiles. The estimated cost for this part of the sale is $219.1 million, with RTX Corporation also acting as the principal contractor.
The DSCA has stated that these sales will support U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives.
Wow the Poles must really like the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile seeing as how in 2014 they purchased 130 of the shorter ranged version, (230 mile range) the newer version JASSM-Extended Range which they have just ordered 821 has the legs to reach out to 600 miles and gives Poland the ability to really ruin (from one country alone) Moscow’s day if they decide to kick off.
Poland are leading the way when it comes to NATO rearmament. Which is not surprising really. They learned the lessons of WWII the hard way. Depending on allies to ensure their borders ended badly for the Poles. Invaded by Nazis and commies, the latter stayed for 50 years!
I’m really surprised they are not developing a nuclear deterrent. I would. Putting down any resistance from NATO by reminding the Americans and British how we abandoned them to soviet occupation.
I’ve thought for a while that the Poles are refusing to be the victims of aggression ever again. Respect to them!
Indeed, huge respect. I salute them! They are taking the Israeli approach to ensuring their own long term survival. If the US seeks to dissolve NATO and replace it. For example, with an alliance of only those willing to chip in and pay their way for defence. The Poles will be at the top of the list! It’s something that is being discussed by Republicans prior to this years elections.
Let’s hope just talking about it is enough to cattle prod limp euro politicians into action. Canadians too. Throwing the correct pronouns at the enemy will not win wars. Neither will AFV designed to be carbon neutral, just saying.
Trump has suggested that Putin can invade those that do not contribute enough. That includes Canada it appears, I am not sure he thought that one through.
Putin as a direct neighbour might make him feel good, but am unsure about the other 330 million Americans.
To invade Canada Russia would have to go through Alaska. Try thinking it through.
This thought experiment does not have to deal with practicalities, just what was said. No thinking required. Certainly the presumptive nominee has not done any.
Unless they go over the North Pole.
Well they could go across the top of the world…but the army that tried that would be as equally buggered as the army that tried to March across the Bering strait and Alaska..some environments eat armies and the very high north is one of those.
The US already shares over 1,500km of national border with Siberia (Russia). It’s a sea lane, but some distances are as close as 4km between land.
The difference is Russia takes the US seriously, because the US takes its defence seriously.
I was referring to an inane comment made by someone in the US Presidential race who talked about inviting Putin ti invade those thought not to contribute enough. That did not include the US, they are after all friends.
Sorry, maybe people are taking my attempt at humour a little to seriously..
To be fair Chris no one is ever going to actually invade or fight anyone across the Bering strait…you are talking two bits of land that are the most isolated and inhospitable you can find anywhere…you tried to put an army across the Bering strait and the environment and logistics would make it ineffective before it got near the enemy.
I’m not sure being carbon neutral would impact on the combat effectiveness of an AFV…after all planting a load of trees would not impact on it operationally…. hint that’s how companies make carbon neutral products…they plant trees…nothing that uses energy or is made using energy is actually carbon neutral…so in reality from a weapons point of view only stone axes and bows and stone headed arrows are carbon neutral……
I happen to like trees. As long as manufacturers keep EV hybrid drives away from AFVs. It’s been tried several times over the years and repeatedly rejected for good practical reasons.
In the 1970s, a Polish scientist said he could make a cheap tactical nuke using laser technology. The Polish communist government backed him with cash & resources. It never worked. He died mysteriously.
Is that not an urban myth.
Sylwester Kaliski, who died in a car crash in 1978.
Poland is occupied by NATO since when? Let’s hope it can be free one day.
Poland, the only European NATO nation that is now spending close to the correct amount of GDP on defence, 3%..infact I think Poland are now suggesting the floor for NATO spending should be 3%…
Poland don’t mess about when it comes to Defence they take it serious ,3% should be a floor specially for the bigger European nations like UK, France, Germany has the smaller nations are doing there best and telling the likes of the UK government need to wake up to the threat. Poland the biggest kid on the Block in Europe now day’s . 👍
I’d set it much higher to compensate for decades of underfunding.
Check out Greece they are also above 3%.
Interesting cheers Rodney, that would make sense as they are always semi prepared for an all out war with Turkey over the Aegean issue.
Meanwhile silence from the British government re a small order of LRASM for RAF P-8.
How is Poland going to pay for this shopping spree?
Seems like there are some miscommunications /misunderstandings between Poland and South Korea re the financing for the purchase of K2 Black Panther tanks, K9 Thunder artilery, FA50 light aircraft and K239 Chunmoo launchers.
The Poles thought the Koreans would make a second loan to buy the bulk of equipment, but the Impot-Export Bank of Korea cannot make another loan since it has almost reached its lending cap and new legislation would be required.
Whilst I admire their appetite for munitions, their combat jet fleet is relatively small and not due to expand greatly under current plans. What platforms do they intend to deliver these missiles from? Maybe they have another announcement due?
They are making quite a big investment
order wise they have ordered
48 FA50 light multi role fighters ( 12 delivered)
32 F35A
they have also stuck there f16 in a full upgrade program as well
so that’s added to
48 f16
35 legacy soviet fighters ( SU-22 mig 29) which I would I imagine they will dump when the FA50 and F35 orders are delivered.
so they will end up with 96 modern 4 gen light fighters and 32 fifth generation fights that’s not going to far of the RAF numbers ( but the RAF will be flying the typhoon a far better fighter that the f16 or FA50), not bad with a nation that has 1 fifth of the UKs GDP.
Have the UK/MBDA missed some big opportunity here for Meteor or ASRAAM? The 🇺🇸 seems to be getting a very large share of everything going to Poland.
Polish here. We are buying a lot of equipment and knowledge from The UK like frigates or CAMM missiles but it’s true that most of our new equipment from abroad comes from US or Korea. Main reason for that is this both countries got well developed military industries and speed of delivery is high, but we also want to cooperate strongly with The UK as our main ally on the continent, all depends what Britain has to offer but we also must take under consideration that European industries are rather small now in comparison to what it was 30 years ago. Also our deals with US have obviously political reasons.