The U.S. State Department has approved a $108.1 million sale of equipment to Ukraine to support the HAWK air defense missile system, according to a May 21 statement.
The HAWK system is a U.S.-made air defense system designed to intercept aircraft, drones and cruise missiles at ranges of up to 40–50 kilometers (25–30 miles), depending on the missile variant. Ukraine received the weapons from Western partners to strengthen its air defenses against Russian attacks.
The package includes maintenance and modification support, spare parts, repair services, logistics assistance, and technical support for FrankenSAM HAWK systems, the U.S. State Department said.
"The proposed sale will improve Ukraine's capability to meet current and future threats by further equipping it to conduct self-defense and regional security missions with a more robust integrated air defense capability," the statement read.
The equipment sale will be conducted through the Foreign Military Sales program, with Colorado-based Sierra Nevada Corporation acting as the primary contractor.
Photo: Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/NurPhoto/Getty Images.
Source: KI_official
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I won’t believe it until the missiles and spare parts are in Ukraine. As we all know, Trump and Hegseth are masters of delay. If it helps Putin, they’ll delay this delivery as long as they possibly can.
Doesn’t sound much, $108M.
How many systems is this ?
Hawk is like 60y old?
They are really digging deep into the US archives now. The HAWK system was developed in the 1950s… What’s next? Is the State Department going to approve a shipment of surplus muskets from the Revolutionary War as ‘reliable close-quarters defense’?
The US sells support for Democracy. Wastes many times more on Operation Epstein 2.
108 million is nothing in air defense stuff.
Nice pointy missiles
Europe and Ukraine should buy anything from the US until the US supplies the goods already paid for by Europe.