RT – May 19, 2022
President Joe Biden’s administration is reportedly maneuvering to send more advanced anti-ship missiles to Ukraine to help the former Soviet republic break a Russian naval blockade of its Black Sea ports.
The missiles in question are the Harpoon, made by Boeing, and the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), made by Kongsberg and Raytheon Technologies, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing three unidentified administration officials and two congressional sources. Talks are active on whether to ship the missiles directly to Kiev or to transfer them through a European ally.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been lobbying since at least April for his Western backers to provide Harpoons or other missiles with similar capabilities. However, as Reuters noted, countries have avoided being the first nation or the only nation providing such weaponry to Kiev, “fearing Russian reprisals if a ship is sunk with a Harpoon from their stockpile.”
One “well stocked” country is now considering becoming the first to ship such missiles to Ukraine, while others might follow, according to the report. The NSM can be launched relatively easily from the coast and has a maximum range of 250 kilometers. NATO allies have mobile ground-based NSM launchers available to loan, Reuters said, and the warheads would come from Norway.
The Harpoon can destroy targets from nearly 300 kilometers away, but it’s typically used as a ship-to-ship missile, and there are few platforms available for launching it from shore. The US may try to solve that issue by pulling a launcher off an American warship, Reuters said. The Harpoon cruises in a low, sea-skimming trajectory and has active radar guidance.
Ukraine has also requested Multiple Rocket Launcher Systems (MRLS), such as Lockheed Martin’s M270, which now can reportedly be considered for shipment after Thursday’s passage of a $40 billion aid bill by the US Senate. The M270 can hit a target upward of 70 kilometers away, a far longer range than is offered by Ukraine’s existing howitzer rounds.
Breaking the Russian blockade of Odessa and other Black Sea ports might allow for shipments of wheat and other Ukrainian exports to get out of the country. Russian officials have warned that Western weapons shipments to Ukraine are “pouring oil on the flames” and could spark a wider conflict.
In debating the massive Ukraine aid bill last week, US Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) said that by ramping up weapons shipments to Kiev and sanctions against Moscow, the Biden administration was “sleepwalking” into war with Russia.
Russia attacked the neighboring state following Ukraine’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, first signed in 2014, and Moscow’s eventual recognition of the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The German- and French-brokered Minsk Protocol was designed to give the breakaway regions special status within the Ukrainian state.
The Kremlin has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force.
Made by Boeing…Nothing to worry about then.As long as they are as “advanced” as the 737 Max.
Russia should sink all the merchant shipping in Odesa and other ports not yet under Russian control.
Of course, this is what the US wants, so give it to em. Let the thicko sheeple starve. lol
I’ve read about the thicko Australian sheeple going off to vote in their elections… effing hilarious.
Yesterday I was chatting to a middle class sheeple couple. There’s no way, or mechanism to quantify their thickness, it’s OFF THE FECKING chart. This couple are on the write page, they are even reading the right book, they’re not even in the right library. So when you read on here that’s there’s some great awakening, such claims are utter bollox.
The NWO is a sect from top to bottom, and truthers like me are me, are ‘like’ bacteria surviving on the NWO host.
If US weapons start sinking Russian ships it’ll be time Russia starts sinking US ships.
EVERYONE who was discharged from the Russian military over the past 1-2 yrs MUST be called back to service. Russia needs to continue crushing the army of the terrorist govt. in Kiev. BUT it needs to control the entire coast & stop these weapons shipments better than they are. In 1917 the Blessed Mother ( TRULY Heaven sent ) called for the Consecration of Russia b/c God knew that someday it would our last hope against this Empire of Lies, the Rothschild Khazar Mafia, the Synagogue of Satan. If I was younger & single I would be sorely tempted to help.
@ brain blessed
in karibik, atlantic, pacific !
How would Zelensky – the Pianist – even know WTF a Harpoon missile was…..just askin’.
Hans Scott
You are deceived, the ‘Blessed Mother’ – Mary – has no power what so ever. It is Jesus Christ whose name is above every other name under Heaven.Any apparition seen in Fatima or elsewhere is simply Satan, see 2 Corinthians, he can appear as an angel of light. Russia too is deluded as Christians don’t go to war. God’s Son will bring peace to the Earth, no-one else.
Whats sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Time for anti-government groups in the US and European countries (especially the UK), to start receiving sophisticated Russian weapons.
Henry H-
JESUS CHRIST, second person of the HOLY TRINITY is FULLY GOD.
GOD’S commandment is to HONOR THY MOTHER AND THY FATHER. The disdain, contempt, and lies concerning MARY, THE MOTHER OF GOD, have not gone unnoticed by HER SON JESUS CHRIST. Our LORD wants HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER’S IMMACULATE HEART honored along side HIS MOST SACRED HEART. And JESUS CHRIST will see that this is accomplished when the obedience to HIS commandments, along with HIS command that the Pope along with all the bishops of the Catholic Church obey HIS command to Consecrate Russia to THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY.
Whoever does not believe the TRUTH, changes nothing because the TRUTH was sealed with the MIRACLE OF THE SUN at Fatima on October 13, 1917. This MIRACLE was announced on July 13, 2017, along with the messages on that day regarding the vision of HELL ”where poor sinners go” which was shown to the three young children. Also, the day of the MIRACLE OF THE SUN, there were some reports that 70,000 people were present including the local free masonic newspapers which reported the MIRACLE. The rain was so heavy before the MOTHER OF GOD appeared, that all the people were soaked and covered with a good deal of mud. Following the MIRACLE, all the clothes of all the people were clean and dry.
JESUS CHRIST wants HIS MOTHER to be honored more than any mere human being can possibly comprehend. Those who dishonor MARY, THE MOTHER of JESUS CHRIST who is THE MOTHER of GOD should beware of their day of judgement.
However, these ones still have time to repent of this before it is too late.
Fourteen weeks is enough to show that the war can be dragged on and on, and that the Jews are doing that.
Maybe I meant twelve weeks.
The Blessed Mother isn’t some housewife down the road. She enjoys the Beatific Vision, She is in Heaven in the DIRECT PRESENCE OF GOD the Father & Her Son. Oh She has all the power of Heaven behind Her….a message from Her is a Message from God. God is trying to help you & since you’ve turned Christianity into an incomplete book report you’re shaking your head & saying, ” that’s not in the Bible lady..” ( Does Her message contradict anything in the Bible? She’s not permitted by you to hover in the air & speak to children in Fatima?) Whatever these things R happening beyond & sadly beyond your understanding.