Australia's indispensable attention for the US reactive fire system (MLRS) Himars witnesses the growing importance of MLR's new role – against. Regarding this written defense news (DN).
The first two MLRS of 42 orders arrived in Australia in March. At the same time, it was known that Kanberra reviewed an additional contract at 48 Himars's settings.
According to the publication, at the end of September, an announcement of the US Defense Cooperation Agency (DSCA) appeared. It said that the US government has approved the sale of 48 Himars to a foreign customer.
The US statement may indicate that Australia tends to use the Himars complex and PrSM High -Precision missile to meet the requirements of the second phase of the Land 8113 project, the document said.
As part of this project, Australia sought to get ground systems to defeat surface targets.
In August, it was known that the Chinese Liberation Army received a mobile layout of the American American. Remote machines will imitate the destruction of the forces of a potential enemy in the exercises.
