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Poland handed over Taiwan-made attack drones to Ukraine war, Korean tanks ‘possible’

김종찬안보 2022. 8. 23. 21:13
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Poland, which has been leading the supply of weapons to the Ukraine war, appears to have used Taiwan-made drones to escalate the Crimean Peninsula, raising the possibility that Korean tanks, which Poland hastily import, may also intervene.
Taiwan News reported on the 23rd that, citing Polish media 'WP Tech', 800 units of the 860 attack drone revolver that Taiwan exported to Poland were handed over to the Ukrainian army through Poland.
Ukrainian President Zelensky announced on the 20th that Russia had retaken Crimea occupied by Russia, and Ukraine had neutralized Russian air defenses with a drone attack, "there is a possibility" the Wall Street Journal reported on the 22nd.
“The Ukrainian military cannot counterattack in a large-scale right now, but the airstrikes are eroding the Russian military’s strength and lowering morale,” said the head of the Austrian Institute for European Security Policy. It helps. UAVs can be used to understand how the Russian air defense system works. At the same time, it is possible to increase the effectiveness of air strikes by operating new weapons provided by Western countries. Arms aid from Western countries is finally paying off. These weapons could be a 'game changer'," he told The WSJ.
An official from a Korean defense company told SBS on the 23rd, "The first main contract for the K2 tank and the K9 self-propelled howitzer will be signed in Poland on the 26th, three days later, in the presence of the Polish defense minister and the representatives of the company."
This contract is a performance contract for the first export volume, with 180 units of K2 tanks for 4 trillion won, 48 guns for K9 self-propelled guns for 1 trillion won, and the first contract for K2 and K9 will be transferred to Poland at the end of this year.
“We can only inform you that the product has been shipped to a customer in Poland,” said Dronsvision, a Taiwanese-made revolver 600 manufacturer. He told Taiwan News.
Revolver 860, which is considered to have the strongest short-range firepower among attack drones, is equipped with eight 60mm mortar shells and fires mortar shells from the air.
Polish media 'WP tech' reported that a Polish broker appears to have placed an order from Taiwan's Dronsvision and delivered it to a recipient in the Ukrainian military.
Taiwan News reported on the 19th that, citing military intelligence blog Orix, some of the attack drone Revolver 860 exported to Poland were transferred to the Ukrainian army and used in the Russian attack battlefield.
Ukraine recaptured Crimea from June and destroyed the Russian supply route with the high-speed mobile artillery rocket system (HIMARS) provided by the United States in an attack on the city of Kherson, a key point of control.
In Russia, a military aircraft temporarily entered the Cadiz (Korean Air Defense Identification Zone) in the East Sea during the operation of the UFS for joint military training between South Korea and the United States.
"Two strategic bombers, the Tu-95MS, made a scheduled flight over the high seas of the Sea of ​​Japan (East Sea)," the Russian Defense Ministry said on the same day. At certain stages of the flight segment, the South Korean Air Force's F-16 fighters were sortieing," the official state news agency said.
Russia's Sputnik news agency said that two Tu-95s were escorted by the Sukhoi (Su-30).
Foreign media reported that several Russian military aircraft that entered the Korean air defense network Cadiz were known, including two Tu-95 strategic bombers.
It seems that the Korean KF-50, which is based on the US F-15 and equipped with an Israeli radar for performance improvement, went through US-supported Poland to be heavily armed in Ukraine.

At a press conference commemorating the 100th anniversary of his inauguration on the 17th, President Yoon Seok-yeol said, "With the NATO summit as an opportunity, we exported K2 tanks, K9 self-propelled artillery and FA-50 light attack aircraft to Poland, achieving the largest export of weapons in history."

The U.S. embassy in Ukraine advised Americans on the 22nd that "if it is safe, we urge you to leave Ukraine now, using ground transportation."

U.S. media released intelligence on the 24th, the 31st anniversary of Ukraine's independence and the sixth month of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, that the Russian army would launch a large-scale attack.