La Polonia diventa a [Korean MLRS] produttore di missili. Accordo per Homar [Chunmoo] firmato.

Deepl translation:

The Polish military will receive thousands of missiles for Homar-K launchers; this precision ammunition will be manufactured in Poland for the first time. The executive agreement between the Armament Agency and the consortium formed by the joint venture Hanwha WB Advanced System and Hanwha Aerospace was signed on Monday in Warsaw with the participation of representatives of the Polish and South Korean authorities.

This is the third executive agreement for missiles for the South Korean K239 Chunmoo system. CGR-080 precision-guided missiles with a range of 80 km will be manufactured in Poland. The contract was signed during a meeting between representatives of the governments of both countries, attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Minister of Defense Paweł Bejda, and the Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Korea for Strategic Economic Cooperation, Chief of Staff to the President Kang Hoon-sik.

Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2030 and end in 2033. The agreement covers the delivery of over 10,000 CGR-080 missiles.

The implementation of the agreement will initiate the production in Poland of various types of missiles for the Homar-K multiple launch rocket systems, with subsequent stages depending on the implementation of the first contract and cooperation between the Polish and Korean defense industries. To this end, a production plant will be built and managed by a joint venture between WB Electronics and Hanwha Aerospace, which will enable the production of missiles in Poland and thus provide the domestic defense industry with new capabilities, the transfer of which will be carried out by the Korean entity.

The investment, as announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, is to be carried out in the Lubuskie Province, in the Gorzów Wielkopolski area.

“The government has changed its approach to industry. We treat state-owned and private industry equally. These PLN 14 billion are an expression of trust and respect for the Polish private arms industry. What is important is quality and that these are Polish companies,”

said the Deputy Prime Minister, head of the Ministry of National Defense, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

The agreement was also commented on by the Secretary of State in the Ministry of National Defense, Paweł Bejda.

“Over a year ago, while on a business trip to Korea, we attended a test launch of the CGR-080 missile. I was greatly impressed by the accuracy of the launch. It was perfection. During this visit, we signed an executive agreement for 72 Chunmoo launchers, which will be manufactured in Poland. We have the technology to produce launch containers, with production set to begin in 2026. This is a partnership with a country that wants to share its technology. Including rocket technology. In total, there will be 290 Chunmoo sets in our country. The plants that will be built in Gorzów Wielkopolski will create hundreds of jobs, but they are also a very important agreement for security. For the first time in the history of the Third Republic of Poland, missiles will be produced in Poland. This is a very important signal to our opponents and those who would like to raise a hand against our country. We will be a manufacturer of systems. We will produce not only launch containers but also missiles for these containers,”

“This is a great day for Poland – Poland is joining the exclusive group of missile manufacturers,” Piotr Wojciechowski, president of the WB Group, told Defence24.pl. He emphasized that local production will be carried out with a very high degree of Polish involvement.

“A factory will be built in Poland, where Polish and Korean specialists will work together. In industrial and technical terms, this is a very interesting project – our cooperation within the joint venture is very professional, we are getting to know each other better and better, and I am convinced that this cooperation will bring further equally interesting challenges.”

The first executive agreement in the Homar-K program for 218 launcher modules, together with a supply of CGR-080 missiles with a range of 80 km and CTM-290 missiles with a range of 290 km, worth USD 3.55 billion net (approx. PLN 12.7 billion at the current exchange rate), was concluded in November 2022. The second contract, for 72 launcher modules with the transfer of production and maintenance technology and the integration of 122 mm missiles, was signed in April 2024 for USD 1.6 billion. To date, at least 156 launcher modules have been delivered, of which no fewer than 108 have been integrated with Jelcz vehicles. Vehicle purchases are carried out under separate agreements.

The Homar-K system is based on South Korean K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers capable of firing several types of guided missiles. Homar-K kits are integrated with the Topaz fire control system and are based on the Jelcz chassis. Each launcher has two missile containers, each of which can hold, depending on the ammunition used, six 239 mm guided missiles with a range of 80 km, or one 607 mm guided tactical missile with a range of 290 km. In the future, it will also be integrated with 122 mm rocket launchers and new guided missiles with higher parameters.

Good stuff. Self reliance is key. Poland cannot rely on US or Europe to tell it when it can or cannot retaliate.