Poland wants to buy hundreds of American rockets. Billions of dollars are involved

polsatnews.pl 1 month ago

The Polish government submitted an offer to the US to acquisition 788 GEM-T PAC-2 missiles for Patriot Air defence Systems. These are ground-to-air missiles that are able to knock the mark down from a distance of over 160 kilometres. The US legislature has yet to express its consent to buy nearly $6 billion.

By law Congress has 30 days to complete Contract review and possible vetoAnd then the State Department has to give his consent. According to Defense24.pl portal, 4 days earlier the head of the Pentagon agency - defence safety Cooperation Agency (DSCA) - informed the head of the legislature abroad affairs committee about additional contract submitted by the Polish government.

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It's about 788 GEM-T PAC-2 missiles, whose full maximum value is estimated at $ 5.8 billion. Including the first acquisition of 4 Patriot batteries from 2017, has this raise the maximum price of the full order to $16.3 billion.

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Poland has previously ordered another kind of rocket for the Patriot strategy - PAC-3 in the number 208 pieces. They have a scope of about 35 km and service especially dropping short and average scope ballistic missiles, while the PAC-2 GEM-T is more utilized to capture tactical ballistic missiles as well as maneuvering rockets and aircraft. Their scope is over 160 km.

According to the defence News portal last year, citing the head of Raytheon's rocket-producing company, the company is able to produce 20 missiles of this kind per period and Last year, she had unfulfilled orders for 1,500 rounds..

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Administration Joe Bidena At the same time, it included the precedence of supplying the Patriot strategy to Ukraine. Minister of Defence of Ukraine Rustem Dyingow met this week with Raytheon's management on the acquisition of further systems and missiles.

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