Defence minister signs deal for 48 South Korean combat planes

Mariusz Blaszczak, Poland's defence minister, has signed an agreement for the purchase of 48 light combat aircraft from South Korea. The deal was signed on Friday at the 23rd Tactical Aircraft Base in Minsk Mazowiecki near Warsaw, with President Andrzej Duda in attendance. The FA-50s will replace the old Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets, which Blaszczak called "a generational leap".