The leadership of the Ministry of National Defence welcomes the decision of the US State Department to approve the sale to Romania of a long-range surface-to-air missile system (HSAM) - Patriot, through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) security assistance programme, and the notification, in this regard, of the US Congress, according to standard American procedures.This system will replace the one donated to Ukraine by our country in September 2024.The estimated cost for this system, composed of an AN/MPQ-65 radar set, in the modernised version compared to the donated one, two M903 launch stations and a launch control station, is 262 million US dollars. According to American legislation, the US Congress was notified with a higher initial value, of approximately 280 million US dollars, the MApN stated in a press release sent on Tuesday.The system will be acquired through non-reimbursable external funds, provided by a group of allied countries, as well as through the Immediate Action on Air Defence Initiative, in order to fill the capability gap generated by the donation.The Patriot system can detect and shoot down a wide range of air platforms and ballistic missiles, and this acquisition will strengthen Romania's capacity to deter aggression in the Black Sea region.Surface-to-air missile systems are essential for national and regional security. In the current political-military context, Romania continues its efforts on the defence and security dimensions, by ensuring robust and credible military capabilities, the MApN press release states.
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Romanian president Nicușor Dan laid wreaths on Friday, June 13, at the Monument dedicated to the memory of the victims of the June 13–15, 1990 Mineriad and at the “Kilometer Zero of Democracy” Monument. The violent events of June 1990 remain in post-communist memory as the “June 13–15, 1990 Mineriad” and refer to the repression, […]
