S. Korea secures massive arms deal with Poland for FA-50 fighters, K2 tanks; a first with NATO country
‘K-방산’ 폴란드 수출 쾌거…FA-50·K2전차 나토 수출 첫 사례
Poland is buying a large number of South Korean weapons systems.
This is going to be South Korea's biggest weapons export deal to date, projected to be worth more than 14 billion dollars in total.
Bae Eun-ji has more.
South Korea has secured a massive arms deal with Poland.
This includes FA-50 fighter jets and K2 armored tanks,... that are being exported from Korea to a NATO country for the first time.
The exact value of the deal hasn't been confirmed yet,... but the arms package is expected to be around 14-point-5 billion dollars in total.
The manufacturer of the FA-50 fighters the Korea Aerospace Industries announced Thursday that it signed a 'framework agreement' with Poland the day before,... to sell 48 of its aircraft.
It said the deal is worth around three-billion dollars.
The light combat aircraft has a speed of Mach 1-point-5... and can be armed with air-to-air, air-to-ground missiles as well as a 20 milimeter gun.
Poland will also purchase a thousand of K2 Black Panther tanks,... made by South Korea's Hyundai Rotem.
The company said Thursday that it has signed a "basic deal" with Poland to export the armored vehicles... that can be equipped with an auto-loading 120 milimeter gun.
Around 180 of the tanks are expected to arrive in Poland first,... and production for the rest will start in 2026 in Poland.
Under the framework deal,... South Korea will also be selling 648 of its K9 self-propelled howitzers to the European country.
The manufacturer Hanwha Defense said it plans to build a new branch in Poland to provide the 47-ton howitzer.
At the signing ceremony for the framework agreement, Poland's defense chief had said it needs to replace equipment it donated to Ukraine... and South Korean weapons systems were the right fit.
Through the deal,... South Korean defense companies' exports for this year have already topped 25 trillion Korean won,... or almost 20 billion dollars.
The record-high is more than 2-point-5 times that of last year.
Bae Eun-ji, Arirang News.
#SouthKorea #Poland #weapons_export
📣 Arirang News(Facebook) : / arirangtvnews
📣 Arirang News(Twitter) : / arirangtvnews
📣 News Center(KZitem) : / newscenter_arirangtv
2022-07-28, 17:00 (KST)
Негізгі бет S. Korea secures massive arms deal with Poland for FA-50 fighters, K2 tanks; a first with NATO...
Пікірлер: 66