They will manufacture over 180,000 155-mm artillery shells annually for the European and US markets.
They will manufacture over 180,000 155-mm artillery shells annually for the European and US markets.
The British firm will transfer “technology and know-how” for Poland to produce the ammunition domestically.
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“Such investments are part of a broader strategy to repolonise the defence industry and become independent from foreign supplies,” says the PM’s office.
His remarks have been criticised by a deputy defence minister, who says they are not true and will be exploited by Poland’s enemies.
The missiles are used by the K239 Chunmoo rocket artillery systems that Poland has purchased from South Korea.
The circumstances around the deal have been “under very close scrutiny,” a defence minister confirmed.
The government notes that applications were submitted when the opposition PiS party was in power.
Unconfirmed reports say that the ammunition was American and that it was being transported to Ukraine.
Poland’s efforts to ramp up ammunition production this week received EU backing.
Both the Polish and British prime ministers were in Kyiv yesterday.