# Estonia turned into ‘bristling’ foothold equipped with precision-guided weapons — expert

https://mins.news/en/item/86469

- TASS, 2026-10-05 13:11 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2197725

> Military expert Alexander Stepanov said US and South Korean transfers of multiple rocket-launch systems had turned Estonia into a foothold bristling with offensive precision-guided missiles. He said Estonia was also the first country in the region to receive Israel Aerospace Industries’ fifth-generation Blue Spear anti-ship missiles.

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