Thread by @EHunterChristie

#Poland & #Korea signed the agreement today:
Poland will purchase ~ 300 Korean #Chunmoo MLRS.

(Separately, Poland will also procure ~ 200 #HIMARS, down from an initial goal of 500, taking account of US manufacturing capacity & needs of other nations, incl. Ukraine)

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https://twitter.com/Poland_MOD/status/1582665978776649728

Polish ministers had planned 2 days in Korea to review other systems POL is buying & sign the agreement for the Chunmoo.
Acc. to Korean media (machine translation), China blocked its airspace to disrupt the visit - shifting the ceremony to Warsaw.

ytn.co.kr/_ln/0101_20221…

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Polish DefMin, 13/10:
"Chunmoo ... have similar capabilities as ... HIMARS. They can hit targets up to 300 kilometers away. Another argument ... is the delivery time. The first Chunmoo units are to be in Poland as early as next year ... first battalion op ready by end 2023"

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"In addition to the launcher, we will acquire a very large number of missiles, both precise destruction at a distance of up to 70 km, as well as tactical missiles with a range of about 300 km"

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"As in the case of other Korean contracts, we want to include our armaments industry in cooperation as much as possible. We assume full integration with the Polish Combat Management System Topaz and Jelcz chassis..."

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"...but also the acquisition of production, service and modernization capacities by Polish plants. What is also worth emphasizing, the Korean side will provide us with the necessary know-how for the production of missiles"

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"We want to diversify ... so effective weapons reach us as soon as possible. The Americans, understandably, are currently focused on supporting Ukrainian troops, HIMARS launchers are being handed over"

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"After all, this is a war that concerns all of us and the victory of Ukraine is now a priority ... even an arms giant like the U.S. has its production limitations. We decided to divide the order for HIMARS into stages"

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"We will have both HIMARS and Chunmoo. This is a synergistic combination because both systems can work together"

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Source:
i.pl/kolejne-wzmocn…