Estonia decided to buy from U.S. anti-tank missile complexes

Nikolai Adashkevich. The government of Estonia on Thursday instructed the head of the Ministry of defence Sven Mixer to start dialogues with the United States on the purchase of anti-tank missile complexes 3rd generation Javelin Block, said the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers.

According to the Mixer, " in connection with the deterioration of the situation in the sphere of international security", the defense Ministry decided to purchase Javelin Block in a somewhat larger amount and at a faster pace than planned before.

" The U.S. proposal responds to military needs, as well as rates, for this reason, the Government decided to start the dialogue with the USA on this information, " said the Mixer.

Antitank missile system of the 3rd generation Javelin has been developed since 1986 and has been accepted on arms of the American army in 1996.

After the exacerbation of the situation in Ukraine, the head of the Ministry of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu said about the " unprecedented " growth of activity of the military might of the USA and NATO in Eastern Europe of the Russian borders.

not so long ago the head of Barack Obama confirmed that the country will increase the military contingent in Eastern Europe and will support the defense of allies who are not members of NATO. He also said about the readiness of the capital of the USA to allocate extra billion dollars to strengthen the US military presence in the area.

the head of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite noted that the Baltic States have received from NATO allies " unprecedented security guarantee ".


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