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| Poland to buy 32 F-35 jets to replace Soviet-era fleet |
| 2019-05-29 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] Poland plans to buy 32 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters to replace Soviet-era jets, Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Tuesday, amid the growing assertiveness of neighbour Russia. "Today we sent a request for quotation (LOR) to our American partners regarding the purchase of 32 F-35A aircraft along with a logistics and training package," Blaszczak tweeted. The United States is expected to expand sales of F-35 fighters to five nations including Poland as European allies bulk up their defences in the face of a strengthening Russia, the Pentagon said last month. Poland is among NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... member countries that spend at least 2% of GDP on defence. Warsaw agreed in 2017 to raise defence spending gradually from 2% to 2.5% of GDP, meaning annual spending should nearly double to about 80 billion zlotys (16.5 billion pounds) by 2032. U.S. arms sales to foreign governments rose 13 percent to $192.3 billion in the year ended Sept. 30, the U.S. State Department said in November. F-35A fighters are estimated to cost $85 million each. During a televised statement on Tuesday, Blaszczak also said Poland was making progress in convincing the United States to increase its military presence on Polish soil. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-05-29 09:35 |
| #3 Poland, Hungary and Slovakia are really becoming the anchors of Western civilization in Europe. France is lost and Germany is quickly following. And Polish women are hot as hell. God save Poland! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-05-29 08:43 |
| #2 ...well. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-05-29 07:59 |
| #1 Polish cooking is pretty slick, if you ignore your cardiologist. A tour in Poland could be O darn Kay. Since some of the folks, hard as nails, still have some of that Mongol thing going in. More Polish war brides. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2019-05-29 00:36 |