US approves potential sale of Hellfire missiles to Poland

The US State Department approved a deal to sell Hellfire missiles to Poland worth about $150 million.

A press release from the Defense Cooperation Agency (DSCA) at the US Department of Defense claims that the Polish authorities have requested the delivery of 800 AGM-114R2 Hellfire missiles, as well as four M36 Hellfire Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM). With the help of the supply of these missiles, it is planned to strengthen the defense potential of the Polish army.

According to the forecasts of the American Foreign Ministry, such a deal will not have a negative impact on the combat readiness of the US Army and will not lead to a change in the military balance in the European region. To carry out this transaction, it remains to approve the supplies in the US Congress.

The American AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missile has semi-active laser or active radar guidance. The main carriers of Hellfire missiles are military fire support helicopters. Since 2007, missiles of this class have also been installed on military drones MQ-1 Predator.

The Polish authorities intend to significantly strengthen their armed forces and, thanks to this, against the backdrop of the weakening of Germany and France, take a dominant position in the European Union. This is evidenced by the planned purchases of military equipment from South Korea and a number of other countries. Thus, the Polish armed forces have every chance of becoming the strongest army in the region.

Comments

[Maz]

Slaves in Ukraine are running out, it is necessary to prepare new ones to replace them and pump them up to the eyebrows with weapons.

[blackGRAIL]

The Ukrainian resource is still very far from being exhausted.

[APASUS]

History repeats itself. Again, the collective West is building an army against the Russians, now only from the Poles. At the moment, there can be any ideology, (Russians do not like Ukrainianism, LGBT, imperialism), the main thing here is victory.

[faiver]

No matter how these missiles quietly ended up in Ukraine ....

[alexander 66]

Why like? 100% will. Thanks to the general leadership, time works for the enemy, oddly enough.

[donavi49]

Emphasis on carriers. Hellfires already exist. They are simply used from ground-based launchers.

Now, if Vipers and SuperCobras are transferred from the 309 storage base, then yes, the Helfires will be dangerous.

[alexey_444]

The Poles are still those warriors, to kill the master. The most orthodox are now disposed of on the outskirts. Let them spend the wrong things, time is not on their side.

[Constantine N]

rocket, what difference does it make what kind of warrior you are, she just needs to indicate the target.

[Normann]

the Polish armed forces have every chance of becoming the strongest army in the region

in which region? Stronger than the armies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) or the army of the Benelux, or maybe stronger than the army of the Republic of Belarus, well, it can’t be))