Poland gets 96 AH-64E and lots of toys for them...

[KevinB]

Poland – AH-64E Apache Helicopters | Defense Security Cooperation Agency

www.dsca.mil

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Poland – AH-64E Apache Helicopters | Defense Security Cooperation Agency

www.dsca.mil

$12 Billion dollars!! Where the heck is Poland getting all this money for all their buys?

 

[brihard]

$12 Billion dollars!! Where the heck is Poland getting all this money for all their buys?

Poland is one of the world’s strongest growing economies, and they have a distinct incentive to prioritize defense and deterrence.

 

[Good2Golf]

Poland is one of the world’s strongest growing economies, and they have a distinct incentive to prioritize defense and deterrence.

Yup.

”Fool us once…”

 

[OldSolduer]

Yup.

”Fool us once…”

The Poles are not fools....besides they have several thousand good reasons NOT to trust Russia

Katyn Forest.....just one example.

 

[Good2Golf]

The Poles are not fools....besides they have several thousand good reasons NOT to trust Russia

Katyn Forest.....just one example.

True…they saw 1939 coming…it was more the others who took Hitler at his word in 38/39…

 

[OldSolduer]

True…they saw 1939 coming…it was more the others who took Hitler at his word in 38/39…

IIRC were the Poles not instrumental in smuggling an Enigma code machine to Britain, thereby allowing the Allies to read the Germans' mail?

 

[Good2Golf]

IIRC were the Poles not instrumental in smuggling an Enigma code machine to Britain, thereby allowing the Allies to read the Germans' mail?

In real life, or the Hollywood movie, where it was the crew of an American submarine…a year and a half after the first Enigma machine?

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Poland is one of the world’s strongest growing economies, and they have a distinct incentive to prioritize defense and deterrence.

True, living next door to that mangy bear would scare

IIRC were the Poles not instrumental in smuggling an Enigma code machine to Britain, thereby allowing the Allies to read the Germans' mail?

IIRC they first went to France, and when France was invaded the Polish and French analysts then moved to UK.

 

[KevinB]

$12 Billion dollars!! Where the heck is Poland getting all this money for all their buys?

Investing in the future…
Unlike some who think that butter will keep the Russians away

Canada, land of the Dairy Farmer apparently.

 

[RDBZ]

Investing in the future…
Unlike some who think that butter will keep the Russians away

Canada, land of the Dairy Farmer apparently.

New Zealand is a land of dairy farmers too....... Just saying'......

 

[KevinB]

New Zealand is a land of dairy farmers too....... Just saying'......

Oh yes Australia Minor…

 

[Good2Golf]

Oh yes Australia Minor…

Yup…#4 in AUKUS…

 

[Rifleman62]

Canada, land of the Dairy Farmer apparently.

via Supply Management you say.

 

[KevinB]

Yup…#4 in AUKUS…

Telling isn’t it.
So much for ABCA