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Agency for the cooperation in the field of defense and security USA (DSCA) announced plans middle Eastern countries, with notice to Congress about a potential sale. In addition to the NASAMS Kuwait'll get dozens of missiles of various types. It's AIM-120C-8 (AMRAAM), AMRAAM-Extended Range (AMRAAM-ER), AIM-120-C-8 AMRAAM and AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II. The Kuwaiti the order includes a complete package of radars, missiles, cryptographic modules, terminals, information distribution, control centers, trainers, radar units, etc. the United States will have to Kuwait the full logistical and technological support.
As of October 6, the U.S. Congress has 30 days to review the applications of Kuwait. It is likely that the price will not be $ 3 billion, and will undergo a correction. It depends on Raytheon, which, together with the Kongsberg Defense&Aerospace are manufacturers of the system.
In recent years NASAMS began to cause growing interest among customers.She is a national system of air defense of Norway. The radius of the average and it is designed to combat drones, helicopters and all types of fighters. NASAMS successfully resisted, intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile.
Currently, five countries are poised for its acquisition. Hungary, Qatar and Taiwan have already placed their orders for the NASAMS. There is interest from India, Estonia and Latvia. Not to mention Ukraine, which meets these SAM not to buy, and take for a gift...
NASAMS has an average range of 25 to 30 km, depending on the rocket. The maximum height to which the rocket flies is 21 km away.
The system can be integrated into the vehicle and, thus, of the ground to turn into a mobile system to operate in difficult terrain. Complex NASAMS can often be seen on the 6x6 chassis, but the practicality of it is that after a quick modification it can be easily integrated into the car's chassis 4x4.
System NASAMS I work with 3D air defense radar X band MPQ-64 Sentinel American production, NASAMS II in addition to the Link 16 is a major upgrade from the radar system, experts say, it's better than version 1.
It should be noted that NASAMS has a secondary weapon that is designed to protect the crew in the melee. It includes system MANPADS with laser guidance system RBS 70 and 40 mm Bofors L70 gun.
Experts discuss the question, will these systems end up in the Ukraine. Given the chain of events that need to be prepared for such a development.
