“The war in Ukraine has shown how important it is to be able to hit targets located even very far from the front line, and the range of the missiles that will be acquired is about 1,000 km,” the ministry said in a May 28 statement. “This complements the Barbara aerostat system whose acquisition was contracted last week. What will be detected by the aerostats, among others, will be able to be hit by JASSM-ER air-to-ground missiles.”