The US State Department has approved the sale of Himars missile systems to Poland worth up to ten billion USD, the Pentagon announced.
As Reuters reports, the HIMARS anti-aircraft artillery missile system, according to Ukrainian officials, has proven to be very effective in destroying Russian weapons depots and command centers.
This package includes 18 HIMARS launchers, Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles with a range of 297 kilometers and more than a thousand guided multiple launch rocket systems (GMLRS).
The United States of America rejected Ukraine's requests for Atacms missiles, so Poland could not transfer any of those missiles to Ukraine without Washington's approval, reports Tanjug.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Poland, as well as the neighboring Czech Republic, have been trying to get rid of Russian and Soviet weapons and equipment and replace them with Western-made assets.
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