President Klaus Iohannis promulgates decree for Army endowment

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President Klaus Iohannis has signed the decree on the promulgation of the Law on the implementation of the Indirect Fire Capability Support related to the “Multiple Missile Launching System” endowment programme, the Presidential Administration informs.

The Law regulates the implementation of the “Indirect Fire Capability Support” endowment programme to help discourage aggression against Romania and articulate an appropriate response to the current and future challenges of the security environment.

The Senate approved on Monday, as notified chamber, the draft bill on achieving ‘support capabilities with indirect fire’ for the endowment programme ‘Multiple Launcher System with long range missiles’.

The Romanian Army will acquire three High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), each with 18 launching facilities, the total cost of the programme being of about EUR 1.5 billion, VAT included, according to a draft law approved by the Government last Thursday and ongoing the parliamentary procedures.

HIMARS systems, among the most advanced in the world endows the US Army and other allied forces and can hit terrestrial targets up to 300 km by using intelligent GPS-guided munitions and inertial systems.

According to the statement of reason, the MoD has chosen the HIMARS-type multiple missile launcher as “the only multiple missile launcher in NATO that can hit targets up to 300 km, with the potential to increase the range in the future” .

At the same time, the HIMARS system is “interoperable with the equipments of NATO countries” and “is a system that is combat proven.”

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