The USA came up with a new disclaimer not to give the Armed Forces long-range missiles for the F-16, – Defense Express

Reminds me. that the Armed Forces already have successful experience in using Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG long-range cruise missiles.

Opinions of US officials voiced in the media that the Armed Forces will not be able to effectively use AGM-158 JASSM cruise missiles due to the lack of air superiority is another formal reason not to supply Ukraine with long-range weapons, Defense Express writes .

“It seems that officials in the US have decided to promote another formal reason why there is still no green light for long-range air-launched missiles for Ukraine,” the publication says.

It is also emphasized that to achieve at least parity with the Russian aviation of the Russian Federation, dozens, if not hundreds, of modern aircraft with the latest electronic warfare equipment and long-range missiles are needed.

In addition, as emphasized in Defense Express, the Armed Forces already have a successful experience of using long-range cruise missiles Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG and not even from the received F-16s, but from Soviet Su-24M bombers.

“And such experience should be a serious argument in favor of why Ukraine should get long-range JASSM cruise missiles for its F-16s as soon as possible, including the permission to hit them at objects located directly on the territory of the Russian Federation,” Defense Express summarized.

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