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U.S. Approves $3.75 Billion Deal With Poland For More Abrams, $1.5 Billion Chinook Sale To South Korea

U.S. Approves $3.75 Billion Deal With Poland For More Abrams, $1.5 Billion Chinook Sale To South Korea
Former Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the Abrams Tank Training Academy at Biedrusko, Poland, Aug. 10, 2022. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Hassani Ribera)

The U.S. State Department has approved a $3.75 billion deal with Poland for additional Abrams tanks and other vehicles as well as a $1.5 billion sale of new CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters to South Korea. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on Tuesday of both potential foreign military sales. Poland, under the new deal, would receive 116 of General Dynamics Land Systems’ [GD] M1A1 Abrams tanks, 12 of BAE Systems’ M88A2 Hercules Combat Recovery Vehicles and six M577A3…

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