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Rosbalt
October 9, 2002

Estonian Defence Ministry to Buy Anti-Tank and
Air-Defence Missiles from US

TALLINN, October 9. The Estonian Foreign Ministry is
looking at the possibility of buying modern
air-defence and anti-tank missile systems. The
ministry is most interested in the American Javelin
anti-tank system. Together, the anti-tank and
air-defence missile systems would cost around USD 50
million.

Lithuania was the first Baltic state to buy the
Javelin anti-tank system, purchasing 18 launch systems
and 75 missiles for USD 10 million. The Lithuanian
government is also holding secret talks on buying
Stinger missiles.

According to military experts, the anti-tank system
allows the firer to leave the firing position
immediately after launch, because the missile can
independently find its target up to a range of 2.5
kilometres. The missile strikes the armoured personel
carrier or tank at its weakest point - at the side of
its upper hatch. 




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