Czech Republic Signs Agreement With US On Purchasing 12 Helicopters - Pentagon
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published December 13, 2019 | 03:40 AM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 13th December, 2019) The United States and Czech Republic have penned a $635 million deal on the sale of 12 American helicopters to Prague, the Defense Department announced.
The agreement on sale of eight UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters and four AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters was signed by Czech Republic's Defense Minister Lubomir Metnar and US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
"I think it means a few things," Esper said on Thursday as quoted in a pool report when asked about the deal's significance. "First of all, it signals the Czech Republic's commitment to modernizing its armed forces and to meeting its NATO goals.
Secondly, it reaffirms another major step forward in the cooperation between our two countries. And third: It marks the Czech Republic's continuing commitment to NATO. So I think this is a very positive event and I'm glad that we could do this and I hope we can do more."
The helicopters will be in the Czech armed forces' inventory by the end of 2023, according to Metnar.
Metnar announced the decision to purchase the helicopters in November.
According to the minister, the Czech military wants to replace 17 Russian Mi-24/35 attack helicopters, since it no longer wants to be dependent on the supply of spare parts from Russia.
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