Latvia prepares to purchase US Barracuda long-range cruise missiles. President Edgars Rinkevichs stated after visiting Anduril in the USA that he expects to complete the acquisition and expand cooperation between Latvian and American defense industries.

Memorandums were signed involving Latvia's Ministry of Defense and Origin Robotics. The specific variant is unknown, but the most powerful is the Barracuda-500M. Its ground version, SLB-500M, has a range of over 900 km and carries a 45 kg warhead. Launchers fit in standard 20-foot containers holding up to 16 missiles.

If Riga chooses the ground-based option, it would gain a new long-strike capability without needing air force assets. With a range exceeding 900 km, these missiles from Latvian territory could reach Moscow.

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