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15 of November, 17:00

Media: the United States brought to Estonia artillery Paladin
In the Estonian town of Tapa profit American self-propelled guns of the m109a6 Paladin 155 mm calibre, who will be in Estonia until December, informs a portal.

Only Estonian city has arrived more than ten units of this military equipment. It will be applied in the process of firings, which will hold the U.S. military.

The main weapon of this artillery - 155-mm M284 howitzer, capable of hitting targets at a distance of 30 kilometers.

first in Estonia were brought American tanks M1A2 Abrams tanks and ten armoured personnel carriers Bradley.

NATO allies at a conference in Wales in September 2014 decided on increasing the military presence on the Eastern borders of the Commonwealth on the basis of rotation. The need for this in NATO is linked to the crisis over Ukraine. At the same time Authorized NATO has stated many times that there is no permanent deployment, for this reason, obligations of the Commonwealth to Russia are not violated.

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