Dette er Joint Strike Missile utviklet av Kongsberg Gruppen, men markesdføres gjennom Raytheon. (Red.)
Romania cleared to buy advanced ship-killing missiles
By: Aaron
Mehta 12 hours ago
WASHINGTON —
The U.S. State Department on Friday approved the potential sale of Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense
Systems to Romania, in a deal that could be worth about $300 million.
The Naval
Strike Missile is a sea-skimming, over-the-horizon anti-ship missile that has
limited, built-in target recognition capabilities. Romania wants to buy two of
the systems, according to an announcement on the website of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
“The proposed
sale will improve Romania’s capability to meet current and future threats by
improving Romania’s maritime defense capabilities in the Black Sea and
increasing interoperability with the United States,” the DSCA announcement
read. “Romania will use this long-range, precision strike weapon to enhance mission
effectiveness, survivability, and NATO interoperability in current and future
missions and operations.”
Included in
the proposed package are up to 10 Link 16 Multifunctional Information
Distribution System-Joint Tactical Radio Systems, two Coastal Defense System
Fire Distribution Centers, four Mobile Launch Vehicles, Transport Loading
Vehicles and the missiles themselves, as well as other equipment.
Work would
primarily be completed at Raytheon’s Tucson, Arizona, facility.
DSCA
announcements do not represent final sales. If there is no congressional
objection, the customer can begin negotiating over price and quantities, which
often change by the time a final sale is completed.
This is the first Foreign
Military Sale request cleared by the State Department for Romania since 2017.
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