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 ET

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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