Armed forces buy Rafael anti-tank missiles in zl. 1 billion contract
The armed forces will buy NTS anti-tank missiles from Israeli company Rafael
for around zl. 1 billion, the Defense Ministry announced on Friday. Defense
Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said that the missiles will, to a large part, be
produced in the Mesko arms factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. "Out of the equipm
ent on offer, this missile had the greatest range and the most modern target
ing system," he added. The missile producer will provide a loan for starting
production in the Mesko plant. The missiles have a range of 4 kilometers, an
d can be pre-programmed on a target ("fire-and-forget"), or a guided by an i
nfra-red beam. (Zycie, July 27-28, p. 4) T.J.
