USA unterstützen mit weiteren Waffenlieferungen (Politik)

Reviewer, Donnerstag, 17.03.2022, 07:59 (vor 1437 Tagen) @ Thomas

whitehouse.gov

The new $800 million assistance package includes:

- 800 Stinger anti-aircraft systems;
- 2,000 Javelin, 1,000 light anti-armor weapons, and 6,000 AT-4 anti-armor systems;
- 100 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems;
- 100 grenade launchers, 5,000 rifles, 1,000 pistols, 400 machine guns, and 400 shotguns;
- Over 20 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenade launcher and mortar rounds;
- 25,000 sets of body armor; and
- 25,000 helmets.

Dieser Absatz bezieht sich wohl auf sowjetische Abwehrsysteme im Besitz von EU- bzw. NATO-Staaten:

In addition to the U.S.-produced short-range air defense systems the Ukrainians have been using to great effect, the United States has also identified and is helping the Ukrainians acquire additional, longer-range systems on which Ukraine’s forces are already trained, as well as additional munitions for those systems.