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Jeg har ikke noen tro på at det finnes noen "stockpile" av NSM; de må produseres. Mange nasjoner har bestilt dette missilet slik at avtaler må re-arrangeres antar jeg. (Red.)

Putin’s Next Nightmare: Ukraine Could Get US Anti-Ship Missiles (And More)

By

Jack Buckby

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2 days ago

 

 

A view of an RGM-84 surface-to-surface Harpoon missile, immediately after leaving a canister launcher aboard the cruiser USS LEAHY (CG-16), near the Pacific Missile Test Center, Calif.

Here are the Weapons Ukraine Requested from the U.S.  – The United States Senate on Thursday passed the proposed $40 billion aid package for Ukraine. The Senate did not support an effort by Republican Senator Rand Paul to give power to a special inspector general to scrutinize how the funding is spent. Still, we do know that $34.7 billion of the aid will go towards military aid.

Specifically, the aid will mostly consist of weapons systems that will help the Ukrainian military continue its efforts to push Russian soldiers back over the border in its eastern regions.

The 86-11 vote means that the United States will now begin shipping billions of dollars of military equipment from existing stockpiles, and goes far beyond any previous rounds of aid for the country.

Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor that the package “goes far beyond charity.”

“The future of America’s security and core strategic interests will be shaped by the outcome of this fight,” he added, calling on senators on both sides to “join this bipartisan supermajority.”

While the U.S. has not confirmed what weapons will be sent to Ukraine, we do know what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked for on multiple occasions. Speaking to Defense News, Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming and Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado confirmed that the Ukrainian president told them he is seeking long-range artillery, anti-ship missile systems, and more sophisticated drones.

Anti-Ship Missile Systems

It looks like Ukraine will get the anti-ship missiles it has requested.

Three U.S. officials and two congressional sources say that the United States is considering sending the Harpoon anti-ship missile system built by Boeing, and the Naval Strike Missile built by Kongsberg and Raytheon.

The missiles will help Ukraine take out Russian cruisers blocking Ukrainian ships filled with 22 million tons of grain from leaving its ports in the Black Sea.