Defense Ministry of Georgia boasted of the "best systems in the world" defense
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The Georgian army received the equipment supplied by the French companies Thales Las and MBDA, radar stations and short-range anti-aircraft missile systems, reports bmpd with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic.
On Monday, everyone could see the new equipment. On this day, events dedicated to Military Day were held at the Alekseyevka military base (near Tbilisi) aviation.
Contracts for the supply of equipment were signed in 2015 year. Their total cost is more than $ 100 million. According to the contracts, the following were supplied: Ground Master GM403 mobile early warning radar, two GM200 medium-range mobile radars, mobile air defense command posts, and MBDA Mistral ATLAS short-range air defense systems.
The product was purchased on credit. Funds provided by the French bank Societe General.
The Mistral ATLAS ADMS is built on the chassis of the ACMAT VLRA 2 (4x4) vehicles and is a dual-charged reference launcher (hand-operated) for Mistral / Mistral 2 missiles, the range of which does not exceed 6,5 km.
The release of the Georgian Defense Ministry states that the purchased complexes are “the best in the world” in their class. They can be used both for support operations and for the protection of particularly important objects.
Georgian Ministry of Defense
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