The U.S. State Department has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Norway, with a value of $130 million, for 8,001 M1156A1 Precision Guidance Kits (PGK) and related equipment.
This sale includes additional components such as fuze wrenches, enhanced portable inductive artillery fuze setters, GPS antennae, and platform integration kits.
The transaction will help improve Norway’s artillery and mid-range fire capabilities, enhancing its interoperability with both U.S. and allied forces.
As outlined in the FMS notification, “This proposed sale will support the foreign policy goals and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a NATO Ally that is an important force for political stability and economic progress in Europe.”
Norway’s military will be able to incorporate the equipment into its forces without difficulty, with no change to the basic military balance in the region, according to the notice. The principal contractor for this sale will be Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, based in Dulles, Virginia.
The notice also specifies that “The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.” Additionally, “The implementation of this proposed sale will not require the assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor representatives to Norway.”
The U.S. State Department further added that there will be no adverse impact on U.S. defence readiness as a result of this proposed sale, with the final dollar value potentially lower than the projected cost depending on final requirements and signed agreements.
Are these the ones that don’t work as advertised
Or the othr ones.?
The NATO doctrine of ,less than 100 shells per day because their guns break as we’ve seen in Ukraine they take the guns to the limit to make a better sales pitch and they fail or flower the barrels. We thought this in the 80s telling ourselves accuracy and quality best quantity to justify only having two weeks worth of munitions based an a ten percent daily attrition rate. Meanwhile the Soviet forces were expected to deliver a million shells and grads per day for over a month. Maybe we should stop being aggressive and trying to steal Russias stuff… Read more »
Serious handicapped thinking here mate.
what the hell did i just read LMAO
Oh dear, the excessive quantity of Xmas punch kicked in there on the last part, you were doing so well just before!!!!
Oh dear – that traditional Russian name of Dave. I’ve no idea why Russian trolls come on here. Is this where Russia has to gain its intelligence from now? As for trying to wind up the contributers here… if any of us had any influence over MOD priorities and Treasury spending plans….then wow you should see the fantasy army, navy and air force we would produce.
Dave, what is this NATO doctrine of only firing 100 shells per day? Where did you get that from? It’s not even a doctrine.