In Poland, doubted the appropriateness of buying 32's F-35 from the United States
The initially enthusiastic Polish reaction to the US decision to sell the F-35 to Warsaw was replaced by more than restrained statements.
Polish experts, one after another, began to publish materials stating that the very desire of the official authorities to acquire the F-35 looks very doubtful. The publication Rzeczpospolita published an article stating that this contract would be excessively expensive for Poland.
It should be recalled that the United States plans to sell its X-NUMX partners to the F-32A fighter and several engines totaling $ 35 billion.
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Also, the Polish media recalled that Poland is going to buy from the Americans also the Patriot anti-aircraft missile defense system. Seeing that the Polish authorities were delighted with such a proposal, the American side announced the enormous price of the contract - 10,5 billion dollars. As a result, I had to “cut back” the contract parameters both in terms of the number of complexes and their maintenance. At the moment, the price of the Patriots contract for Poland is about 5 billion dollars.
Now in Poland, they are urging the authorities to think about whether it is advisable to buy an F-32 fighter from the US 35.
“Is it not too expensive to pay almost 12 billion dollars for an 32 aircraft and several Patriot units,” Polish experts ask, actually making it clear that the United States uses Poland as a market for military equipment that does not always meet the real threat (if it is for Poland generally there).
Polish experts, one after another, began to publish materials stating that the very desire of the official authorities to acquire the F-35 looks very doubtful. The publication Rzeczpospolita published an article stating that this contract would be excessively expensive for Poland.
It should be recalled that the United States plans to sell its X-NUMX partners to the F-32A fighter and several engines totaling $ 35 billion.
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The policy of the Minister of Defense is strange. First, Blaschak publicly declares that he would like to buy weapons, then he talks about additional possible acquisitions and only after that he begins to reflect on the price of the transaction. And a good seller, seeing a spark in the eyes of the buyer, will not be modest - the price will only increase, and because we exclaimed “wow!” Here, as soon as we learned about the possible sale of F-35.
Also, the Polish media recalled that Poland is going to buy from the Americans also the Patriot anti-aircraft missile defense system. Seeing that the Polish authorities were delighted with such a proposal, the American side announced the enormous price of the contract - 10,5 billion dollars. As a result, I had to “cut back” the contract parameters both in terms of the number of complexes and their maintenance. At the moment, the price of the Patriots contract for Poland is about 5 billion dollars.
Now in Poland, they are urging the authorities to think about whether it is advisable to buy an F-32 fighter from the US 35.
“Is it not too expensive to pay almost 12 billion dollars for an 32 aircraft and several Patriot units,” Polish experts ask, actually making it clear that the United States uses Poland as a market for military equipment that does not always meet the real threat (if it is for Poland generally there).
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