Lithuania buys two NASAMS air defence systems for Ukraine
Ukraine will receive a NASAMS surface-to-air missile system from Lithuania.
Here's What We Know
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda told about it. We are talking about two launchers of the SAM system. Unfortunately, it is not known when the deliveries will start.
Lithuania has acquired two NASAMS launchers that will be transferred to Ukraine.
- Gitanas Nausėda (@GitanasNauseda) June 28, 2023
Air defense is key in ???????? fight against the aggressor.
Looking forward to more collective decisions on support to Ukraine at the #NATO summit in Vilnius.
Together until victory!
Flashback
NASAMS is a mobile surface-to-air missile system for destruction of manoeuvring targets at low and medium altitudes. The system was developed in the early 1990s by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence with the participation of the American company Raytheon. The range of AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles is 20-40 km, and the maximum altitude is 20 km. The cost of one such battery is about $65 million. Incidentally, Ukraine now has at least two NASAMS batteries in service. One battery consists of six mobile missile launchers. In addition, the system has a vehicle for charging, target detection and maintenance of the complex.
Source: @GitanasNauseda
