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US Says to Deploy HIMARS, Infantry to Estonia

US Says to Deploy HIMARS, Infantry to Estonia

U.S. Army opens the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, HIMARS to the media at Camp Setouchi of Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) in Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 16, 2022. The rocket system is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the United States Army. (The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP)

Thursday, 08 December 2022 03:08 PM EST

The United States will deploy a platoon of HIMARS artillery rocket systems and an infantry company to Estonia in the coming weeks, the U.S. embassy in Tallinn said on Thursday.

"The near-persistent deployment of U.S. forces and capabilities to Estonia are part of our commitment to strengthening our collective defense and deterrence posture on NATO’s eastern flank," it said in a statement.

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The United States will deploy a platoon of HIMARS artillery rocket systems and an infantry company to Estonia in the coming weeks, the U.S. embassy in Tallinn said on Thursday.
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