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July 8, 2024: This image shows: Saab Giraffe 1X mobile radar unit...Lithuanian leaders have ordered air defence systems to help defend themselves against Russian missiles, following The Kremlin's repeated attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure..Swedish firm Saab will provide the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence (MoD) with their Mobile Short Range Air Defence (MSHORAD) system..The order includes Mobile Firing leer más Units, Mobile Radar Units, a Command- and Control (C2) System, a training package, and the RBS 70 NG trainer. Saab will integrate MSHORAD into JLTV vehicles manufactured by the American company Oshkosh before delivery to the customer. ."We are proud to continue to support the air defence of Lithuania. MSHORAD is our response to the new threats on the battlefield. Saab's wide expertise makes us able to deliver everything from radar and firing units as well as our command- and control system; the result is the most modern and capable mobile short-range air defence solution on the market," says Görgen Johansson, head of Saab's business area Dynamics..Lithuania's Minister of National Defence, Laurynas KasčiÅ«nas explained that the system can be moved around to protect the kind of critical infrastructure Russia has targeted in Ukraine.."MSHORAD is designed to ensure the protection of certain facilities, areas and critical infrastructure," he added. "The advantage of this system is mobility, so it is an extremely necessary system that will significantly strengthen the capabilities of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. We are currently using the older generation RBS 70 air defence system and Bolide missiles.''.MSHORAD consists of the Mobile Radar Unit based on the Giraffe 1X radar, the Mobile Firing Unit based on the RBS 70 NG, all connected with Saab's GBAD C2..Lithuania shares one border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad and another with Russia's a leer menos

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