Poland receives its first HIMARS rocket launchers amid fears over war in Ukraine

Poland received its first shipment of rocket launchers HIMARS manufactured in USA as part of a defense upgrade amid security concerns due to the war in neighboring Ukraine.

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Defense Minister, Mariusz Blaszczakand military officials attended a takeover ceremony Monday at an air base in warsaw.

blaszczak said that the combat in Ukraine had shown the value of HIMARS and? Polandmember of the NATOwas looking to acquire additional launchers, with the goal of acquiring about 500 units.

“We are watching events in Ukraine and we know that artillery has a key role in war, to repel the russian invasion“, said.

Under a 2019 contract, Poland is spending some $414 million (€380 million) to buy 18 advanced combat HIMARS launchers and two training launchers. HIMARS, with ammunition and related equipment. The agreement includes logistics and training.

The launchers will go to the 1st Artillery Brigade in northeastern Polandsaid blaszczak.

“Your task will be to deter (an) aggressor and strengthen the armed forces of Poland on the eastern flank of the nation and the NATO”, said the minister.

An academy will be launched HIMARS in the city of Torun to provide logistics, service, and training, including for troops from other NATO countries that have or plan to obtain the launchers.

Produced by the American aerospace company Lockheed-Martinthe High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is a multiple rocket launcher with a range of up to about 300 kilometers (190 mi) developed in the late 1990s for the United States armed forces. USA

Poland is buying billions of dollars worth of weapons, mainly from the United States and South Korea, including fighter jets, to modernize its armed forces.

Some of the equipment will replace weapons, including more than a dozen Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets, which Poland agreed to give Ukraine for your defense against Russia.

The right-wing government of Polandwho will seek a third term in parliamentary elections in the fall, is giving wide publicity to the purchases, trying to reassure Poles amid a military conflict on their eastern border.

Last year, Poland received a series of missile systems patriot of USA and deliveries of another battery are expected this year. The first deliveries of Abrams tanks have also arrived from the US, as well as deliveries of tanks and howitzers from South Korea.

Source: Elcomercio

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