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August 02, 2015

Latvia to buy Stinger ground-to-air missiles from US
Riga (AFP) July 31, 2015
Latvia said Friday it would buy Stinger ground-to-air missiles from the United States next year, amid concern in the ex-Soviet Baltic state over Russia's sabre-rattling in the region. "A decision was taken to buy the Stinger missile system," Latvian chief of defence Lieutenant General Raimonds Graube said on public television. He added that the total cost and number of missiles would be decided after the EU and NATO member agrees next year's budget, which is likely to happen in October. He s ... read more

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