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US Allies Are Becoming All-Star Weapons Sellers
Japan’s Self-Defense Force is increasingly going on the offensive.
Photographer: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images
On a recent trip, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk gushed over relations with Warsaw’s “most important ally after the United States.” He wasn’t talking about Germany, the UK or any other European power. He was visiting South Korea, a country that is thousands of miles from Poland yet has become vital to arming Warsaw against the Russian threat.
South Korean-made tanks, howitzers, aircraft and rocket launchers “are now safeguarding Poland’s territory and its people across its vast lands,” President Lee Jae Myung declared .