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Poland Leasing MQ-9A Reapers As Interim Step in Drone Buy

Frank Wolfe

Monday, October 31st, 2022

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Poland Leasing MQ-9A Reapers As Interim Step in Drone Buy

An operational test MQ-9 Reaper prepares for first-time Portable Aircraft Control Station launch on July. 12 at Creech AFB, Nev. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Poland is leasing General Atomics' MQ-9A Reaper drones as an interim step in the nation's planned buy of Reapers and Turkish TB2 Bayraktars to help defend Poland from possible Russian aggression. Last year, Poland signed an agreement with Turkey to buy 24 TB2s. "There is no modern army without drones," Polish Deputy Prime Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said last week. "The high effectiveness of the equipment wss provided by Ukraine which used these modern drones to defend themselves against the Russians."…

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