America will give a 'booster dose' to Ukraine!
Amid the war between russia and ukraine that has been going on for more than two and a half years, the US has announced a new defense package to boost Ukraine's defense capabilities. According to this new defense package, the US has promised to provide military aid of $ 425 million to Ukraine. Apart from this, the US has also approved to give air defense systems, rocket systems, ammunition for artillery, armored vehicles and anti-tank weapons to ukraine in this package.
69th installment of weapons will be received from DOD inventory
The Pentagon issued a statement saying, "The Department of Defense (DOD) has announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's security and defense needs. This announcement is the 69th installment of equipment to be given by the Biden administration to ukraine from the DOD inventory since august 2021." It further said, "This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package will provide ukraine with additional capacity to meet its critical needs, estimated to be worth $425 million. This includes air defense, rocket systems, anti-tank weapons including ammunition for artillery, etc."
What will ukraine get in America's defense package?
Ukraine is going to be given many types of weapons and technology in the defense package announced by America. This package includes National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), Stinger missiles, counter-unmanned aerial systems (c-UAS) and weapons, ammunition for air-to-ground weapons, ammunition for high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS), ammunition for 155 mm and 105 mm artillery, tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missiles, Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems, Striker armored carriers, small arms and ammunition along with various medical equipment, services, training and transportation etc.
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