DOD announced significant new security assistance to urgently meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs.
  • @[email protected]English
    6•7 months ago

    Ukraine can count on strong and resolute U.S. leadership to provide consistent security assistance support

    Consistent? O_o

  • @dragontamerEnglish
    3•7 months ago

    Incredibly odd choice of weaponry.

    RIM-7

    Ground-to-Air anti-missile missile. Always nice to see more missile defense.

    and AIM-9M missiles for air defense;

    Wait wut? Wikipedia says this is the famous “Sidewinder” missile, an air-to-air missile. This suggests that Ukraine is getting ready for air-to-air engagements.

    Wikipedia says these are short range Air-to-Air missiles, AIM-9 specifically being the well known “Sidewinder” missile. This suggests that Ukraine is getting ready for air-to-air engagements of some kind.

    including .50 caliber rounds to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS);

    Some kind of anti-drone system I’m not aware of. Good to see them trying to work on anti-drone.

    Airfield support equipment;

    There’s clearly aircraft support coming in.

    • BombOmOmEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      and AIM-9M missiles for air defense

      AIM-9 missiles can also be fired from NASAMS ground-based launchers, which Ukraine operates. You don’t get nearly the same range, but, if you have a giant pile of missiles, it is nice to have multiple ways to use them.

  • BombOmOmEnglish
    2•7 months ago

    Love to see the Javelins and (soon) more Javelin footage of Russian invaders suddenly ceasing invading.