HIMARS, an American highly mobile missile and artillery system. File photoHELSINKI, Jul 16 Estonia hopes to receive six U.S. HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) and their ammunition by the end of 2025, head of the state defense investment center Magnus-Waldemar Saar said on Saturday The US Department of State has approved a $500 million deal to sell six HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) to Estonia, the Pentagon's Office of Defense Cooperation said Friday. jpg» />Poroshenko said that 350 drones were sent from Estonia to Ukraine»We expect to receive a draft agreement in a few weeks, and by the end of 2025 all the materials stipulated by the agreement should already be in Estonia. The agreement between the US government and the manufacturer is already in force, and in fact, production has already begun,» Saar told state broadcaster ERR. fire on a HIMARS wheeled chassis was first seen in Estonia in 2016, when the allies brought them to the exercises. The purchase of such systems will significantly strengthen the defensive potential of Estonia, Saar noted. According to the head of the department of the main headquarters of the Estonian defense forces, Lieutenant Colonel Kaarel Mäesalu, the HIMARS system is in service in many countries and, as a result, it is possible to use ammunition from different manufacturers with it. «The system allows carry out high-precision strikes against the most important targets and positions of the enemy. We expect to receive both projectiles with a range of up to 70 kilometers and missiles that can fly up to 300 kilometers,» Mäesalu stressed.
The State Department approved the sale of Estonia's MLRS for 500 million dollars
