South Korea is welcoming a big arms deal, smiling so hard it's cramping!
Poland has signed the second contract for the purchase of K2 tanks from South Korea, with a value of 6.5 billion US dollars. The contract includes delivering 180 K2 tanks to Poland, mostly produced in South Korea and partially assembled in Poland, to be completed by 2030. Poland will also receive 81 special vehicles based on the K2, including 31 armored recovery vehicles, 25 engineering vehicles, and 25 tank bridging vehicles, with delivery scheduled between 2029 and 2031.
The contract stipulates that South Korea will transfer technology to Poland and provide full maintenance and operation of the K2 tanks. Previously, from 2022 to 2025, South Korea had already delivered 180 K2 main battle tanks, valued at 3.37 billion US dollars. After these two contracts are completed, Poland will obtain 360 K2 tanks, plus the technology for producing K2 tanks. In the future, Poland will be able to produce and assemble them themselves, with raw materials supplied by South Korea! Poland is the first foreign customer of South Korea's K2 tanks.
South Korean and Polish netizens have always been quite outspoken online. South Koreans have always been rather arrogant. However, Poland chose not to buy German or French tanks because, being in Europe, they might not necessarily prefer European goods, but instead opted for South Korean tanks. Moreover, South Korea will transfer the production technology of the K2 tanks, which allows Poland to gain the technology for producing tanks themselves, which is considered a progress.
Moreover, South Korean tanks should have some strength, not necessarily very good, but not bad either. At least, they are of above-average quality. The K2 tanks should have no major problems against the Russian tanks. In recent years, South Korea has made significant breakthroughs in military equipment trade. Especially during the past three years of the Ukraine conflict, South Korea has sold a large amount of weapons and ammunition, making a fortune in arms sales, selling many weapons and various armored equipment, earning real money.
Therefore, South Korea's support for Ukraine's resistance has earned the recognition of Poland, leading to this large tank order. It is indeed a huge military order. South Korea can make a lot of money through this K2 tank and expand its influence, which is certainly no problem.
South Korea's tanks, planes, cannons, and other equipment are sold quite a lot. In the gap between the United States, South Korea has also gained considerable benefits, which is worth admiration. Of course, North Korea has also made a lot of money in the arms trade, and both countries have received the returns they wanted, which is quite normal.
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