Norway, in cooperation with the United States of America, will transfer two platoons of anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine
What is known
This was announced by Norwegian Defense Minister BjornArild Gram (Bjørn Arild Gram) during his visit to Ukraine. Each NASAMS fire section includes two to three launchers, one AN/MPQ-64F1 radar, one command post, and one MSP500 passive electro-optical detection system. By the way, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are already armed with two batteries of NASAMS air defense systems. The United States transferred them to Ukraine at the end of last year.
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For those who are not in the know
NASAMS is a mobile surface-to-air missilecomplex for destroying maneuvering targets at low and medium altitudes. The complex was developed in the early 90s by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense with the participation of the American Raytheon. The air defense system entered service with the Norwegian Armed Forces in 1994. The AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles have a range of 20-40 km and a maximum altitude of 20 km. The cost of one such battery is about $65 million.
Source: Regjeringen