Army Recognition:
December 27, 2018: Lithuania has publish a news on the official website of the Lithuanian Defense Ministry announcing the procurement of additional NASAMS ground-based medium-range air defense system combat and inert missiles from the Norwegian Ministry of Defense during a meeting at the Defense Materiel Agency under the Ministry of National Defense of Lithuania.
According to the contract signed by the Ministry of National Defense and Norway’s Kongsberg NASAMS manufacturer on 26 October 2017, the system procured by Lithuania is new, except for launchers that are pre-used by the Norwegian Armed Forces and currently upgraded. The systems procured from Norway use U.S.-made AMRAAM aircraft defense missiles capable of destroying aircraft and missiles of an adversary several tens of kilometers away.
All the procured equipment is planned to be delivered to Lithuania, all personnel trained, and all components integrated into one system capable of air defense – airspace surveillance and control, air threat warning, and target destruction – by 2021. NASAMS systems will be given to the Air Defence Battalion of the Lithuanian Air Force, the systems are suitable for quick redeployment to any location in Lithuania or any NATO area of operation.
