{"id":790651,"date":"2024-10-26T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790651"},"modified":"2024-10-26T07:14:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T12:14:00","slug":"us-approves-7-3-bn-sale-of-f-16-upgrades-for-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790651","title":{"rendered":"US approves $7.3 bn sale of F-16 upgrades for Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The United States on Wednesday announced the approval of a $7.3 billion sale of upgrades for Poland\u2019s F-16 warplanes, boosting the defenses of a NATO member that shares a lengthy border with war-torn Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis proposed sale will support the foreign policy goals and national security of the United States by improving the security of a NATO ally that is a force for political and economic stability in Europe,\u201d the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe F-16 Viper Midlife Upgrade (MLU) will bolster Poland\u2019s air defense and surveillance capabilities, support national security, and strengthen Poland\u2019s defense and contributions to NATO,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department approved the possible sale and the DSCA on Wednesday provided the required notification to Congress, which still needs to sign off on the transaction.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defencetalk.com\/us-approves-7-3-bn-sale-of-f-16-upgrades-for-poland-80442\/?rand=771656\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States on Wednesday announced the approval of a $7.3 billion sale of upgrades for Poland\u2019s F-16 warplanes, boosting the defenses of a NATO member that shares a lengthy&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":790652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-790651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-air-force-space-command"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=790651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/790652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=790651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=790651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=790651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}