EE. UU. retrasa la entrega de municiones HIMARS a Estonia en el contexto de la guerra con Irán

El secretario de Defensa de EE. UU., Pete Hegseth, informó el lunes al ministro de Defensa de Estonia que el envío de municiones para los Sistemas de Cohetes de Artillería de Alta Movilidad (HIMARS, por sus siglas en inglés) se pospondría debido a las necesidades derivadas de la guerra con Irán. El contrato para estas armas data de 2022, y los lanzadores ya fueron entregados el año pasado. El ministro estonio expresó su preocupación por el impacto de este retraso en la capacidad de disuasión.

El secretario Hegseth realizó la llamada al ministro de Defensa de Estonia, Hanno Pevkur, según informó Stars and Stripes. El retraso afecta a seis unidades de municiones —cohetes y misiles— para los sistemas HIMARS del Ejército, cada una capaz de alcanzar objetivos a una distancia de hasta 185 millas (aproximadamente 298 kilómetros). La embajada de Estados Unidos en Tallin había descrito la compra como una de las mejoras más significativas en la historia militar de Estonia tras las entregas iniciales del año pasado. Estonia destina el 5,4 por ciento de su PIB a la defensa como Estado de primera línea de la OTAN.

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