South Korea and the United States are closely related.
There is a very realistic factor for Poland to buy arms from South Korea, that is, the relationship between Poland and the United States is very close. Now that Poland wants to integrate into the European and American systems, it naturally loves western weapons. South Korea itself has a close relationship with the United States, and a large number of imported western weapons and technologies, as well as related production lines, are really attractive to Poland. Being close to the west can also gain further goodwill from the United States.
There is no conflict of interest between Poland and South Korea. For example, it is obviously unrealistic for Poland to buy weapons from the United States or Europe. At present, a large amount of aid from western weapons has been given to Ukraine. On the other hand, European military enterprises have fallen into a low tide in recent years.
The price in Korea is too low.
Another factor is that South Korea has cheap weapons and low labor costs. Get relevant information from the west? Technology? Put into production immediately. But the profits earned by Koreans in this business are not particularly high, which is equivalent to earning one? Hard money? . These lines and technologies from the west are very expensive, accounting for a large proportion, which invisibly affects the profits of Koreans.
In fact, Korean arms dealers have been working hard to increase the proportion of Korean arms and weapons in the world in recent years. However, in order to make South Korea's arms really grow and develop, it is still necessary to upgrade relevant technologies, otherwise blindly counting on other countries will only be ascetic. This is also a realistic problem that the Korean arms market must face. The key point is that South Korea is a small country, and its scale is not particularly large. If it wants to become a big exporter of military weapons, it will face great problems.