Poland Goes for American Defence Offer

World | December 27, 2002, Friday // 00:00

Poland has placed a huge order to buy 48 American combat jets - F16s built by Lockheed Martin. The order is worth more than 3.5 billion euros and will replace Poland's aging fleet of Soviet MiGs. To get the contract Lockheed also has to create jobs in Poland's out-of-date defence sector. But what makes the deal unusual is that a rival offer from the French plane maker Dassault was turned down even though Poland has just been accepted as part of the wave of new members of the European Union.

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