Poland has signed an agreement with the US to buy hundreds of AIM-120C AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, the Polish National Armaments Service announced on Friday.

According to an announcement by the service, the price of this particular contract amounts to “855 million dollars”, or approximately 783 million euros.

The delivery of the medium-range air-to-air missiles, the exact number of which was not specified, will take place in the period “2029-2033” and will be “used by the fighters” of the Polish polar air force.

Poland now has US F-16 multi-role fighters.

This is a major new contract signed in the context of the modernization of the material of the Polish armed forces, a process accelerated by the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.

A neighbor and unreserved supporter of this country, Poland will devote more than 4% of its GDP to defense this year, spending no less than 33 billion dollars; this is twice the rate set by NATO (at least 2%).

It has engaged, at a cost of billions, in a series of purchases of military equipment, mainly from the US and South Korea.

According to media, Warsaw and Washington, which gave the green light last year, will sign on Tuesday a definitive agreement for the purchase of 96 US-made AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, with an estimated value of more than nine billion euros.

They will replace Mi-24 attack helicopters, of Soviet design.

In view of this market, Poland on Monday signed agreements with the American industries Boeing and General Electric.

These concern the transfer of know-how for the maintenance of the specific helicopters in Polish factories, contracts worth approximately 215 million euros.

Warsaw also announced this week that a contract is imminent for the purchase of 48 US Patriot missile launchers.