Poland signs $10 bn deal for US Apache attack helicopters

(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, AUG 13 - Poland signed Tuesday a $10 billion deal to buy 96 Apache attack helicopters from US manufacturer Boeing, announcing the latest upgrade to Warsaw's military capabilities. Poland has sharply accelerated the modernisation of its armed forces after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine in 2022.
    "This is the landmark purchase by Poland for its armed forces of... 96 state-of-the-art AH-64E Apache attack helicopters," Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz told reporters. The deal is the latest in the string of contracts signed by Polish authorities with the United States in recent days. On Friday, Warsaw announced a deal to buy hundreds of AIM-120C AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, followed by the contract to build 48 launchers for the US-designed Patriot air defence systems on Monday. (ANSA-AFP).