Ukraine to get advanced American air defenses.
. The number and variant of the system have not been disclosed yet, and the supply still needs to be signed off by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and President Biden, although their consent, in light of the press leaks, is considered to be a formality.
The “PAC 2” versions of the Patriot are the most capable long-range surface-to-air missiles in the NATO arsenal, with a 99-mile range against aircraft and cruise missiles. The smaller “PAC 3” variants have a far shorter 19-mile range; they are almost entirely designed to intercept ballistic missiles. A combination of both types is typically used to defend American military installations against any possible aerial threat.
“Supplying Patriots is another sign that the Biden administration is starting to increase the sophistication of the systems they’re sending to Ukraine in retaliation for the Russian bombardment campaign,” said Phillips O’Brien, a professor of strategic studies at theThe announcement also shows a high level of U.S. confidence in Ukraine’s military performance, a marked about-face from where Washington was only a year ago. Before Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, a major obstacle to U.S.
Still another constant of this war is that what yesterday Washington deemed too risky, today it considers necessary., U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems had software modifications that would prevent them from firing at coordinates inside Russia’s internationally recognized borders, as well as from firing longer-range munitions than had been officially supplied to Ukraine, such as the MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System .
Ukraine has reportedly used American-made HARM anti-radiation missiles, for instance, to hit air defense targets in Belgorod, the Russian oblast north of Kharkiv. The Pentagon never explicitly acknowledged sending these missiles as part of any U.S. aid package to Ukraine, and only confirmed their use in the field after wreckage of HARM batteries, recovered in Russia, circulated on Russian social media.
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