Poland already on Monday May 15 will receive the first HIMARS launchers. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of National Defense of the country, Mariusz Blashak, at the convention of the ruling party of the republic “Law and Justice”.
Tomorrow the first HIMARS launchers will be in Poland
- said the Polish Deputy Prime Minister.
Next year, the Polish army will receive American F-35 fighters, recalled Blaszczak. He added that Wax Polski pilots are already learning to operate military equipment.
We have ordered the most modern F-35 aircraft, next year the Polish army will be equipped with them. Our pilots are already learning
said the minister.
Poland has already purchased HIMARS systems in 2019 for $414 million. The army purchased 20 systems with 18 combat launchers. In February this year, Warsaw expressed a desire to acquire another 50 such systems. The US government agreed to sell 484 installations to the Polish military, 18 of them on US vehicles. The rest will be installed on Polish trucks. The cost of the order is about 10 billion dollars.
Photos used: US Marine Corps
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