WARSAW – The US Congress has approved the sale of 32 new F-35 fighter jetsto Poland, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Friday.
“The US Congress has approved selling 32 new F-35 jets to Poland,”Blaszczak wrote on Twitter.
“This is one of the last steps prior to signing the contract, but this isnot the end of our work yet. We will be conducting negotiations firmly inorder to secure the best price,” the minister added.
Blaszczak has expressed hope previously that the final price for the salewill be much lower than the initially negotiated $6.5 billion, and insteadwill be closer to the price that Belgium paid for its 32 F-35 fighter jets— just over $4 billion.
The US State Department approved the sale of 32 new Lockheed Martin F-35fighter jetslinktoPoland for $6.5 billion in early September. The deal also included variouscommand and control, communications, navigation, and logistics systems, andother supporting components for the fighter jets. The consent of Congresswas needed. – Sputnik