Zemke confirms India to spend $150 million on Polish military supplies

Deputy Defense Minister Janusz Zemke confirmed during a press conference on Friday that Poland has completed a $150 million deal for supplying the Indian army with military equipment. Under a series of contracts signed between the Polish and Indian governments, Poland's Industrial Optics Centre will export 250 targeting systems for T-72 Tanks, at a price of $72 million. A $75 million order for 80 engineering vehicles has also been concluded, while the Legionowo factory on the outskirts of Warsaw will supply the Indian army with parachutes. Zemke also revealed that the two governments are currently in talks on the supply of engines for tanks and artillery, and that India has expressed an interest in Polish KRAB howitzers. Former Polish ambassador to India, Krzysztof Mroziewicz, commented that the Polish equipment is particularly attractive to the Indian army, since it is NATO approved. (Gazeta Wyborcza, March 2-3, p. 27) M.T.K.