Belgium Revives Cold War Air Defense Squadron After 37 Years
The revived unit will operate 10 NASAMS missile systems and 20 Skyranger 30 guns in Belgium’s new integrated air-defense network.
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It will be operated by the 51st Air Force Flight, which was reactivated on Monday. ...
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Belgium will receive twenty rapid-fire cannons capable of shooting drones out of the air by the end of 2028. The contract with the German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall has been finalized, the company reports. The deal is said to involve approximately half a billion euros.
Belgium revives Cold War air defense squadron after 37 years
Belgium has brought back the 51st Squadron, an air defense unit that guarded NATO airspace with Nike Hercules missiles during the Cold War, after 37 years without it. Defense Minister Theo Francken said that the Belgian Air Force reactivated the squadron on November 9 at a ceremony at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, and that […]
Rheinmetall has not detailed in the announcement the specific characteristics of the sensors, the data links or the coordination procedures that the Belgian configuration will have.A contract of several hundred million eurosThe agreement includes the supply of the 20 systems and the associated logistic support, although Rheinmetall has not published an exact economic figure.
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