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Romania, Poland Take Different Tacks on Buying New Combat Vehicles
ROMANIA, JUL 21 – The $2.3 billion purchase includes six integrated systems to counter drones and missiles amid increased Russian threats, with contracts covering training and logistics, Romanian officials said.
- On July 10, Romania launched a program to replace outdated MLI-84 infantry fighting vehicles with about 246 new tracked vehicles over eight years.
- This initiative follows growing regional instability after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which increased threats along Romania’s 650-km border and caused repeated drone fragment landings.
- Romania also signed a strategic €2 billion deal on Monday to acquire Israeli Shorad-Vshorad air defense systems aimed at protecting national airspace within NATO frameworks.
- Meanwhile, Poland contracted in March to buy 111 Borsuk tracked infantry fighting vehicles worth $1.8 billion from PGZ, with deliveries planned from 2025 to 2029.
- Both countries emphasize local production: Romania plans domestic manufacturing after initial imports, and Poland is evaluating whether to develop or license IFVs, reflecting broader regional defense cooperation trends.
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Romania, Poland take different tacks on buying new combat vehicles
WARSAW, Poland — As numerous Eastern European allies pursue acquisitions of infantry fighting vehicles, Romania and Poland are advancing plans to boost their tracked vehicle fleets, yet with different strategies towards foreign suppliers and technology transfers.In Romania, the country’s government decided on July 10 to launch its much-awaited program to replace outdated Soviet-times MLI-84 tracked infantry fighting vehicles with new gear. Bucha…
Romania will buy six short- and very short-range air defense systems from Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for more than two billion euros (over 49.2 billion crowns). This is part of a framework agreement between Bucharest and the company, which is known for its Iron Dome air defense system. The seven-year contract commits Romania to further future purchases.
The Ministry of National Defence (MAPN) buys from the Israelis of Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Ltd SHORAD-VSHORAD air systems worth 10.33 billion without VAT, so over 2 billion euros, in full budget crisis. The MAPN article costs over 2 billion euros on former Israeli systems SHORAD-VSHORAD, in full budgetary crisis appears for the first time in Romania TV.
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