There is at least some expectation among observers that Poland will eventually end up with 32 total Black Hawks in the Aeromobile Forces, in order to have a matching number with the AW149s.
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“In this experimental exercise, we are focused on figuring out what this future task force should look like and how to make it capable of striking pre-detected targets,” Lt. Gen. Tomasz Piotrowski of Poland said.
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Separately, the US cleared a potential $15 billion sale to Poland for Patriot air defense systems and related equipment.
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Rumors suggested Poland would purchase Saab’s GlobalEye, but for now Warsaw is buying an older model.
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In a symbolic gesture, the HIMARS were delivered by a Ukrainian heavy transport that flew from the US to Warsaw.
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Poland plans to send a dozen MiG-29 jets to Ukraine, with the first four likely to come within the week. But what state the jets will be in, and who else might send them, is a big question mark.
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UK armed forces minister James Heappey told lawmakers the UK was investigating giving Typhoons to countries that give MiGs to Ukraine, but experts said it’s unclear how the MiGs could change the war and if any other countries would really want the Typhoons in the first place.
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“The time of the [ex-Soviet BWP-1] IFV, which is still used in the Polish Army, has passed. Now the era of NBPWP Borsuk has come,” said Polish defense minister Mariusz Błaszczak.
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The delivery marks the first foreign gifts of Western-made main battle tanks to Ukraine, a long-sought after weapon for Kyiv which it hopes to use as part of a planned upcoming spring offensive.
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The agreement covers 18 M142 HIMARS launchers and 45 ATACMS missile systems, as well as other equipment.
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“We are, politically, open to support with all types of capabilities but tanks have not yet been on the plate,” said a senior Swedish military official.
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Poland has offered to train Ukrainians on its soil using its own Leopards, bypassing Berlin’s reluctance to allow allies to send the heavy tanks to Ukraine. But delivering 300 battle-ready Leopard 2s will not be simple.
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