Russian warships and planes face death
After the JASSM-ER super anti-ship missile, the US continues to sell the AMRAAM anti-air killer to Poland - a decision that puts both the Russian Navy and Air Force in danger.
According to Sputnik, the US Air Force has signed a contract with Raytheon Missile Co to produce AMRAAM missiles. According to the announcement on the Pentagon's website, the distribution of weapons will be carried out in 10 countries around the world, including Poland and Japan.
Production of the Enhanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile will be conducted in Arizona. In addition to the missile, Raytheon Missile Co will produce spare parts and telemetry equipment. The $634.2 million contract must be completed by January 31, 2020.
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According to the US Department of Defense, AMRAAM missiles will be supplied to South Korea, Morocco, Indonesia, Romania, Spain, Türkiye, Bahrain, Qatar, as well as Poland and Japan - two countries that border Russian territory.
The US decision to sell AMRAAM to Poland could put Russian fighters at risk in the event of a conflict. However, that is not all the danger Russia could face because just before the decision to sell AMRAAM was approved, the US also agreed to sell super anti-ship missiles JASSM-ER to Poland.
RT news agency quoted a source from the US State Department as saying that the US has approved the sale to Poland of various types of missiles, including the JASSM-ER cruise missile.
Russian media quoted a source from the manufacturer as saying that the JASSM-ER missile is a major upgrade of the JASSM long-range attack cruise missile system that has been in production since 1998.
The JASSM-ER missile uses the "fire and forget" principle and immunity to jamming systems to be able to approach and attack even enemy warships.
The missile operates thanks to the guidance of the global positioning system GPS and inertial navigation system, to find important enemy targets during the flight.
In the terminal phase, the missile will use infrared seekers to accurately detect a specific target before diving in to destroy it. The ER variant is capable of destroying targets at a range of up to 926 km.
With the power of JASSM-ER, this missile is truly a nightmare for many opponents, but Russia is not too concerned because according to RT, the reason is because Russia owns the Kh-101 cruise missile line with a range many times greater than JASSM-ER and Russia is ready to respond if it feels threatened.
Along with the US agreeing to sell a series of advanced weapons, Poland has also just announced that it will establish a new military force to deal with the risk of being attacked by its neighbors. This military plan is carried out to be ready to deal with any threat from Russia.
This force has been determined to be organized from now until 2019 to concentrate about 53,000 people. The force was built by Poland following the model of the US National Guard, including civilians who volunteer to participate in military training to hold guns when needed.
The proportion of professional officers and soldiers will account for about 6% - 8% of the total, with the role of commanding volunteer units. To implement the above plan, Poland will have to spend about 800 million euros during the 3-year force building period.
According to Warsaw, this is a necessary step to avoid the country falling into a situation of "invasion" like what is happening in Eastern Ukraine, where Russia is accused of being deeply involved.
According to baodatviet