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Polish authorities have announced that they will sign an order on February 13 for 20 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, for an amount of $ 414 million. It is the second European country, after Romania, to select this long-range rocket launcher system in Europe.
The HIMARS is a multiple rocket launcher system carrying 6 rockets with a range of up to 300 km, mounted on a wheeled truck, and not a tracked armored vehicle like the M270. The result is a system that is lighter, faster and has a much greater range than the M270.
HIMARS is in service with 5 active duty brigades and 8 brigades of the US National Guard, as well as in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and Singapore.
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[…] Like a majority of European countries and following the Russian attack against Ukraine, the Netherlands, hitherto particularly reluctant to increase its defense effort, announced a few weeks ago a rapid increase in the country's defense effort to achieve the objective of 2% of GDP in accordance with NATO requirements, for 2025. And like this same majority of European countries, Amsterdam has announced a capacity reinforcement of its armies, through new armament orders. In this case, the Dutch Ministry of Defense confirmed, a few days ago, its desire to order 6 additional F-35A combat aircraft to reach a fleet of 52 aircraft, but also 4 new MALE MQ-9 Reaper drones in addition to the 4 beyonds ordered, and a new batch of Tomahawk missiles from the United States, while showing strong interest in the HIMARS mobile rocket launcher system already ordered in Europe by Poland and Romania. […]