Press TV – Sept 28, 2022
The Pentagon says it is doubling the number of deadly HIMARS rocket systems sent to Ukraine, as part of a new military aid package worth $1.1 billion.
The Pentagon made the announcement on Wednesday, saying it is committed to sending another 18 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to Ukraine.
HIMARS systems are intended to be a “core component of Ukraine’s fighting force in the future,” a senior US defense official told reporters, adding that this new tranche will take a “few years” to build and deliver.
The recent arms package will take between six months and two years to deliver and require defense contractors to restart or intensify manufacturing, the official said.
The United States has already delivered 16 of the systems, capable of hitting targets with precision of a “recognized and proven range” of up to 300 kilometers, according to its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin.
The most recent package of orders for US military suppliers also includes 150 armored vehicles, 150 tactical vehicles for towing weapons, trucks and trailers, according to a Defense Department statement.
The military package “represents a multi-year investment in critical capabilities to build the enduring strength of Ukraine’s Armed Forces” as they continue to fight Russian army, the Pentagon said.
The new package took the total US military aid to Ukraine to $16.2 billion, since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military campaign in the country.
Separately, the Pentagon said Wednesday that Washington intends to increase production of “ground-based long range fires, air defense systems, air-to-ground munitions, and other capabilities” needed to sustain Ukraine’s military for the long haul.
Russia has constantly warned the US and its Western allies against sending weapon to Ukraine, which it says prolongs the war in the country.
Putin also warned that the Russian forces will expand the list of targets it will attack in Ukraine if the West countries to provided Kiev with long-range weapons.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, however, said the commitment to keep supplying weapons shows “we will not be deterred from supporting Ukraine.”
Earlier this month, Russia warned that Washington would cross a “red line,” and become “a party to the conflict” if it supplied Ukraine with longer-range missiles,
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yesterday
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Most HIMARS systems in UKraine have already been destroyed. Not only that, Russia has become much more effective at intercepting HIMARS munitions.
Delivery in 6 months? They probably won’t be sent to UKraine.
When Russia officially recognises its new territories, we will be in an entirely new game.
Not only has Russia started a tiny mobilisation, they have massed considerable armour along the old borders, and they have also massed around 900 aircraft. So far during the SMO, the use of Russian military air power has been remarkably light, but this is likely to change.
Looks like the USSA – not to mention its yapping-poodle sidekick ZOGUK – is just BEGGING to be obliterated.
That would certainly explain those Deagel projections of a 75% REDUCTION in the populations of DUMB Yanks THICK Brits by 2025.
I just think it’s an excuse to print money to stave off the collapse a little longer
It takes between 6-24 months to deliver a HIMARS, their lifespan is less..
A commenter on another site said he thought a lot of weapons sent to Ukraine might not all be for sale. Some might be cached for groups like the Azov Brigade to perform Operation Gladio terror attacks if ever the people of Europe break away from today’s mainstream politics for something more egalitarian. These reactionary forces would already be massively armed with top-draw weaponry already inside Europe.
More saber rattling…
People will be hiding under their beds in fear of mushroom clouds on horizon..when in all likelihood they are the embodiment of mushrooms being fed BS by Gov’t and MSM.
They should be more focussed on surviving winter rapidly approaching re: power, heat and food.
The FOOLS ( congress and senate)in the United States. mainly FOOLS run the show(government). The behave as little children playing in a park.
Mentality is that of a two year child.
Greed, Greed and more Greed.
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