US Congress approves sale of 500 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to Poland. Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced this on Twitter..

" This means that Congress approved the sale of these most advanced long-range artillery systems to the Polish Armed Forces.. Agreement to be signed soon! "

Earlier, the US State Department approved the sale of 18 HIMARS systems and missiles to Poland.. The cost of this agreement was about 10 billion US dollars.. The package includes 45 ATACMS missiles with a range of 297 km and more than 1,000 GMLRS missiles with a range of 85 km.

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The price of the new agreement was not disclosed, as well as the delivery time.. At the same time, only 415 units of these weapons are now in service with the US Army and the country's naval forces..

Recall that the Ukrainian military is actively using HIMARS with GMLRS missiles (85 km) during the Russian-Ukrainian war. In particular, the latest security aid package from the United States contains additional missiles for this system..