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Lithuania will take delivery of Polish-made GROM MANPADS air defense systems end of this week 161214.
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| Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:01 AM | |||
| Lithuania will take delivery of Polish-made GROM MANPADS air defense systems end of this week. | |||
| Lithuania
expects to receive the first part of air-defense system GROM MANPADS shipment
by the end of this week, the country's Defense Minister Juozas Olekas
said on Monday, December 15, 2014. Earlier this year, Lithuanian military
forces have agreed to purchase the short-range air-defense system GROM
from neighboring Poland's manufacturer Mesko. Under the contract, the
manufacturer will deliver the system in parts. |
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 The GROM MANPADS is in service with the Polish Armed Forces. |
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"We believe that it will reach Lithuania this year, presumably even this week," the minister told reporters after the governmental meeting at which Lithuanian defense expenditure had been discussed. "It is important, since protection against the enemy's airborne attacks is one of the core elements of our defense system, that is why Lithuania purchases the systems," Olekas added. The total value of the GROM acquisition project is more than 34 million euros (42 million U.S. dollars). According to
experts, the main advantage of the GROM system is that it can be operated
by one soldier who uses the system in small tactical units located at
a longer distance from larger units. |
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