Advanced surface-to-air missiles in $820M package for Ukraine

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President Joe Biden speaks to members of the press while meeting at the NATO Summit on June 29, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. | Denis Doyle/Getty Images

The Pentagon announced Friday an additional $820 million in security assistance to Ukraine, a move President Joe Biden previewed at the NATO summit on Thursday in Madrid.

Using his presidential drawdown powers, Biden will give Kyiv’s forces two National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, developed by Kongsberg and Raytheon Technologies.

“It’s important to be able to start to help the Ukrainians transition their air defense system [from] what is now a Soviet-type system,” a senior defense official told reporters Friday.

Source:Politico

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