The Polish Armaments Agency (AT) notes that “MBDA UK will supply Poland with 44 iLauncher launchers and several hundred CAMM missiles and related equipment”.
According to an MBDA press release, the deal is “the largest air defense acquisition program in Europe within NATO.”
According to the same source, the military equipment will be delivered between 2025 and 2029.
22 batteries of launchers and missiles of the Polish Pilica+ air defense system have a range of 25 kilometers.
The deal will strengthen Poland’s air defense capability, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Twitter.
According to a NATO report, the country devoted more than 2.4% of its GDP to defense last year, third in the Atlantic alliance, behind Greece (3.76% of GDP) and the United States (3.47% of GDP).
This year, its military spending is expected to reach 3% of GDP.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a statement that the deal was a “significant boost to Euro-Atlantic security”.
“Already highlighted [CAMM da MBDA] in Poland with the British Army to defend their airspace after the barbarian invasion [Presidente russo, Vladimir] According to a Downing Street report, Putin was in Ukraine last year.
After a few years of relative stagnation, Poland has recently signed several related military agreements with the United States and South Korea.
The deals signed with the Americans relate to 32 F-35 fighter jets, 366 Abrams tanks and Patriot anti-missile systems and with South Korea 1,000 K2 tanks, around 700 howitzers, 50 FA-50 and 288 K239 missile systems. `.
A Warsaw deal was also signed with Turkey to purchase Bayraktar drones.
