{"id":58230,"date":"2020-10-16T20:09:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T20:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/10\/16\/romania-cleared-to-buy-advanced-ship-killing-missiles\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:13:35","slug":"romania-cleared-to-buy-advanced-ship-killing-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/2020\/10\/16\/romania-cleared-to-buy-advanced-ship-killing-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania cleared to buy advanced ship-killing missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=dac89938-4cb3-4a33-970a-50942e988a3c\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-dac89938-4cb3-4a33-970a-50942e988a3c.png\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Watch the U.S.S. Gabrielle Giffords fire a brand new Naval Strike Missile during an exercise in the Pacific.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. State Department on Friday approved the potential sale of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2018\/06\/01\/its-official-the-us-navy-has-a-new-ship-killer-missile\/\" target=_blank>Naval Strike Missile<\/a> Coastal Defense Systems to Romania, in a deal that could be worth about $300 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Naval Strike Missile is a sea-skimming, over-the-horizon anti-ship missile that has limited, built-in target recognition capabilities. Romania wants to buy two of the systems, according to an announcement on the website of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2020\/10\/01\/us-state-department-cleared-835-billion-in-foreign-military-sales-in-fiscal-2020\/\" target=_blank>Defense Security Cooperation Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe proposed sale will improve Romania\u2019s capability to meet current and future threats by improving Romania\u2019s maritime defense capabilities in the Black Sea and increasing interoperability with the United States,\u201d the DSCA announcement read. \u201cRomania will use this long-range, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/euronaval\/2018\/10\/24\/the-us-navys-new-ship-killer-missile-slated-to-make-its-fleet-debut-much-sooner-than-expected\/\" target=_blank>precision strike weapon<\/a> to enhance mission effectiveness, survivability, and NATO interoperability in current and future missions and operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2020\/09\/03\/poland-romania-tee-up-helicopter-tenders-target-2-percent-defense-spending\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635902019420683139-blackhawk-polandjpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Poland, Romania tee up helicopter tenders, target 2 percent defense spending<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A number of Eastern European allies aim to maintain their defense expenditures at 2 percent of their respective GDP, despite the current economic downturn.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Included in the proposed package are up to 10 Link 16 Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Joint Tactical Radio Systems, two Coastal Defense System Fire Distribution Centers, four Mobile Launch Vehicles, Transport Loading Vehicles and the missiles themselves, as well as other equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work would primarily be completed at Raytheon\u2019s Tucson, Arizona, facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DSCA announcements do not represent final sales. 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