Sweden finalizing deal to buy Patriot

Citing an official from Swedish Materiel Administration (FMV) as its source, Reuters reported that Sweden will soon close the deal to buy the Patriot air defense missile system.

A patriot missile launcher system part of 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, sits in a training area during the unit’s table gunnery training exercise on Kadena Air Base in Japan, Oct. 19, 2017.  (U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Adan Cazarez)
A patriot missile launcher system part of 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, sits in a training area during the unit’s table gunnery training exercise on Kadena Air Base in Japan, Oct. 19, 2017. (U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Adan Cazarez)


The package is worth up to $1.13 billion. Joakim Lewin, head of the Army Design Office at FMV says the contract includes four firing units, parts and an undisclosed number of missiles.

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