Poland orders Piorun MANPADS

Poland has given Mesko a $220 million contract to buy the Piorun Man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS).

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By Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej (http://mon.gov.pl/pl/galeria/1931) [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons

Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said a total of 1,300 missiles and 420 missile launchers are to be acquired.