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Defence Minister Mihai Fifor said on Monday that the first Patriot surface-to-air missile system, to be purchased this year, will be operational in 2020.
Chief of Romania's General Staff, Gen. Nicolae Ciuca was also present at the Committee meeting, where he explained that "it is worth emphasizing that [the system] allows for the planning of the long-term air defence strategy due to the hardware and software upgrade possibility" and also provides for an integrated operational planning tailored to the Air Force and Land Force needs.
The Senate Defence Committee on Monday unanimously gave the go-ahead to the government's Army's endowment bill providing for the purchase of seven Patriot surface-to-air missile systems.
The government's bill on the Ground-based Air Defence Capability to be accomplished under the key endowment program "Long-range surface-to-air missile system" was registered at the Senate on November 9, with the request to be debated in a fast-track procedure. AGERPRES .
