Lithuania To Open Talks On Purchase Of Norwegian Medium-Range Aircraft Defense System

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Lithuania To Open Talks On Purchase Of Norwegian Medium-Range Aircraft Defense System
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Lithuania has decided to open talks with the Norwegian government on acquisition of medium-range missile defense systems NASAMS.

"We have decided to open negotiations with the Norwegian government on possible purchase of the NASAMS systems," Lithuania's Defense Minister Juozas Olekas told Baltic Times after a meeting of the Defense Resource Council on Friday. However, the price of the systems remains unclear.

Lithuania's Armed Forces currently have short-range aircraft defense systems.

"This could simply defend our airspace in the medium range. We had short-rage aircraft defense systems that can reach three to five kilometres, and this will be the medium range where missiles fly dozens of kilometres and can take down targets at an altitude of 15 kilometres," Olekas said.

According to earlier reports, the medium-range aircraft defense project may be developed jointly by the three Baltic States.

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/16...um_Range_Aircraft_Defense_System#.V0zBTCNRXqA

 

[Penguin]

KONGSBERG, in partnership with Raytheon, is offering one of the most modern and flexible medium-range air defence systems in the world: NASAMS - Surface Launched AMRAAM System.
http://www.kongsberg.com/en/kds/products/groundbasedairdefencesystems/nasams/
http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/nasams/

The Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System 2 (abbreviated NASAMS 2) is a module-based, distributed and networked medium range air-defence system, designed by the Norwegian Kongsberg Gruppen. NASAMS 2 is an upgraded version of the NASAMS air-defence system and it has been operational since 2007.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAMS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAMS_2

ESSM is the third Raytheon missile to be successfully fired from the NASAMS launcher (joining AMRAAM and AIM-9X). In addition, NASAMS can fire IRIS-T SLS