The FA-50 jet, produced by Korea Aerospace Industries in association with US defense giant Lockheed Martin, is a supersonic light combat aircraft. Poland is doubling the size of its army to 250,000. It will spend about $29 billion and 3% of GDP in 2023 but will increase to 5%. Poland is increasing defence spending to 5% of GDP. There will also be the costs of operating a larger army with more soldiers and keeping soldiers trained. The Korean order only costs about $5.7 billion. From 2025 these will be produced in Poland. The first 48 K9 howitzers, made by Hanwha Defense, are also expected to arrive this year, with delivery of a second batch of 600 due to start in 2024. The K2PL has modern armor and a Korean Active Protection System for intercepting incoming rockets and anti-tank missiles. Poland will import the first batch of 180 K2PL tanks, with another 800 manufactured in Poland, under the name “Wilk” (“Wolf”). Poland has ordered 980 South Korean K2 Black Panther tanks, 648 K-9 Krab self-propelled howitzers, and 48 FA-50 advanced trainer/light fighter aircraft. Army worth up to $1.148 billion will deliver 250 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams main battle tanks to Poland by 2025. A Foreign Military Sales order from the U.S.
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