Now that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, European countries have also increased their procurement of weapons and equipment. Many European countries have been hesitating about purchasing the US-made F-35 stealth fighter . After the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, even Germany has finalized specific plans with the United States to purchase the F-35 stealth fighter. Of course, in addition to the export of high-end weapons and equipment such as F-35 stealth fighter jets, the purchase of many army weapons and equipment also made South Korea laugh. South Korea is currently striving to become a major weapon exporter worldwide, and South Korea has also gone the right way in the process of exporting weapons and equipment, because South Korea has been following the United States to find bargains. In this Russian-Ukrainian conflict, South Korea has continuously exported weapons and equipment to several European countries, including Polish .
Poland has previously signed a huge military purchase order with South Korea. This military purchase order includes the F/A-50 light fighter, a huge number of K9 self-propelled howitzer . Now, Poland has just purchased K9 self-propelled howitzer from South Korea. Later, Finland also reported that it will purchase K9 self-propelled howitzer from South Korea. According to a report on the US Defense Blog, Finnish Defense Minister Keckin has approved the Finnish Defense Forces to purchase more K9 self-propelled howitzers from South Korea. In addition to purchasing these self-propelled howitzers , they will also purchase related parts and equipment services. It is understood that Finland purchased the first batch of 10 K9 self-propelled howitzers from South Korea in 2017, and reserved 48 memorandum agreements in the future.
This time, Finland purchased the K9 self-propelled howitzer from South Korea, which is also likely to be completed by completing the memorandum of understanding left before. According to a senior official of the Finnish Army, after several years of use, Finland currently believes that South Korea's K9 self-propelled howitzer has many advantages such as strong mobility, high controllability, and firepower advantages. Therefore, the Finnish Army will continue to purchase K9 self-propelled howitzer. Since Finland has a 1,300-kilometer border with Russia, and there has been a winter war in history, Finland is also based on enhancing the strength of the army.
Finland is not a member of NATO . After entering 2022, Finland also tried to become a member of NATO. However, in the process of joining NATO, it was choked by Turkey . In fact, Turkey also has many foreign trade weapons exports, and when purchasing overseas weapons, it will no longer choose weapons and equipment from Turkey.
In order to obtain more weapons and equipment exports, the United States has actually been suppressing other countries around the world, including its own allies and its competitors. However, South Korea has always seemed quite wise in the process of global weapons and equipment exports. If South Korea will not engage in a head-on confrontation with the United States on weapons exports, it is precisely because South Korea does not compete with the United States in head-on competition, so South Korea follows the United States and can continue to make business with European countries. Text/Aris
