Western Air Defense Arrives in Ukraine: Too Little, Too Late – The New Atlas
Tue 2:48 pm +00:00, 8 Nov 2022 1Ukraine’s deteriorating air defenses are a much larger problem than the Western media is admitting.
– Ukraine boasts of receiving NASAM systems from the US;
– NASAMS have inferior spects compared to Ukraine’s dwindling supply of S-300s;
–Western analysts admit that if the West cannot resupply/replace Ukrainian air defense systems, Russia will be able to establish air superiority over the country;
– Western analysts also admit that the West is incapable of resupplying or replacing Ukraine’s air defense systems.
References:
Reuters – Ukraine receives first delivery of NASAMS air defence systems: https://www.reuters.com/business/aero…
Kongsberg – NASAMS Air Defense System: https://www.kongsberg.com/kda/what-we…
RUSI – The Russian Air War and Ukrainian Requirements for Air Defence: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research…
RUSI – Funding: https://rusi.org/about/support-rusi/f…
CSIS – Can the United States Do More for Ukrainian Air Defense?: https://www.csis.org/analysis/can-uni…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wuf8ir3Fro
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I think the Russians have had just about enough.