October 25, 2022
The United States is considering sending older HAWK air-defense systems from storage to Ukraine to help it shoot down Russian drone and cruise missile attacks, according to two U.S. officials.
The HAWK medium-range surface-to-air missile interceptor would be an upgrade to the Stinger missile systems — a smaller, shorter range air defense system — that the United States has already provided Ukraine.
The HAWK equipment is based on Vietnam-era technology, but has been upgraded several times.
The HAWK system is the predecessor to the PATRIOT missile defense system made by Raytheon Technologies which remains off the table for Ukraine, the U.S. officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
U.S. President Joe Biden pledged to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Washington would provide Ukraine with advanced air systems after successive devastating missile raids by Russia on Ukrainian civilian and infrastructure targets earlier this month.
Since the start of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the United States has sent around $17.6 billion worth of security assistance to Kyiv.
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-hawk-air-defense-russia-missiles/32099573.html
For Christ’s sake, why does the Biden Administration always have to ponder over something for days, weeks or months? Even this, a purely defensive system, and an old one to boot. Just do it!
I don’t know Sir OFP, I mean do they really need to ponder something Spain is already giving Ukraine. Unfricken real.
I hope they arrive before winter, to protect the power plants from attacks.