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Jag läste en intressant artikel om Sydkorea och deras vapenproducenter. Dom kan vara underbart pragmatiska vad gäller slutanvändaren av vapnen. Som ett exempel, jag vill minnas att Polen beställt stridsvagnar från Sydkorea, jag kommer inte ihåg hur många dom beställt, men Polackerna fick även tillstånd att tillverka vapnen hemma på licens. Det men även komma med lokala variationer.
1200 K2 nu när jag googlar, hälften bygga i polen
https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/06/21/next-order-of-south-korean-k2-tanks-to-be-partially-produced-in-poland/
Men du har även ett teknikutbyte där Sydkorea gynnas av Polens variationer av stridsvagnen. Sydkorea bygger vidare på det och får en bättre stridsvagn, eller en mer varierad stridsvagn dom kan erbjuda andra kunder och på det så byggs det hela upp.
Nu när Sydkorea har tappat humöret på Putler tack vare hans nya sängkamrat Kim Jong Un så tror jag man snart kan se intressanta saker hända med teknikutbyte mellan Sydkorea och Ukraina.
1200 K2 nu när jag googlar, hälften bygga i polen
https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/06/21/next-order-of-south-korean-k2-tanks-to-be-partially-produced-in-poland/
Men du har även ett teknikutbyte där Sydkorea gynnas av Polens variationer av stridsvagnen. Sydkorea bygger vidare på det och får en bättre stridsvagn, eller en mer varierad stridsvagn dom kan erbjuda andra kunder och på det så byggs det hela upp.
Nu när Sydkorea har tappat humöret på Putler tack vare hans nya sängkamrat Kim Jong Un så tror jag man snart kan se intressanta saker hända med teknikutbyte mellan Sydkorea och Ukraina.
But wait, there's more (det fetade).
Citat:
https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-poland-seoul-south-korea-6d7a06d58323ef77fd4ce3024110e0e8
Duda and Mariusz Blaszczak were in the Polish Navy port of Gdynia, on the Baltic coast, to mark the arrival by sea of the first 10 Black Panther K2 tanks, along with 24 Thunder K9 howitzers, from a $5.8 billion deal with Seoul.
They stressed that South Korea responded quickly to the need by Poland, a European Union nation, to urgently increase its deterrence and defense potential as Russia is fighting a war in Ukraine, just across Poland’s eastern border.
“The quick pace of this delivery is of crucial importance in the face of Russian aggression and the war in Ukraine,” Duda said.
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“We want peace so we are preparing for war,” Blaszczak said, invoking an ancient Latin saying.
More deliveries are planned through 2025.
Poland is purchasing hundreds of K2 Black Panther tanks made by Hyundai Rotem and of K9 Thunder howitzers made by Hanhwa Defense. The deal includes training, logistics, necessary related equipment and ammunition.
The conservative government in Warsaw is also buying Korean-made multiple missile launchers, K239 Chunmoo, and FA-50 fighter jets, a light training and combat aircraft made jointly by Korea Aerospace and Lockheed Martin, for some $3 billion.
They stressed that South Korea responded quickly to the need by Poland, a European Union nation, to urgently increase its deterrence and defense potential as Russia is fighting a war in Ukraine, just across Poland’s eastern border.
“The quick pace of this delivery is of crucial importance in the face of Russian aggression and the war in Ukraine,” Duda said.
...
“We want peace so we are preparing for war,” Blaszczak said, invoking an ancient Latin saying.
More deliveries are planned through 2025.
Poland is purchasing hundreds of K2 Black Panther tanks made by Hyundai Rotem and of K9 Thunder howitzers made by Hanhwa Defense. The deal includes training, logistics, necessary related equipment and ammunition.
The conservative government in Warsaw is also buying Korean-made multiple missile launchers, K239 Chunmoo, and FA-50 fighter jets, a light training and combat aircraft made jointly by Korea Aerospace and Lockheed Martin, for some $3 billion.

Kan det ha att göra med en viss gulaschbaron?