Ukraine may receive upgraded Cold War munitions from Washington

06 January 2023, 11:10 | Policy 
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Modernization of Cold War munitions discussed in Washington. One such program, designed to improve the ability of the Armed Forces to shoot down enemy drones and missiles, has already been launched, Politico reports..

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The American edition, citing anonymous sources familiar with the situation, writes about the start of closed talks on “removing Cold War munitions from bunkers and modernizing them so that they are useful for Kyiv”.

One such program has already been launched and it is planned that the missiles for the long-outdated US air defense systems HAWK will receive the necessary updates for transfer to combat..

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HAWK missiles will be paired with several launchers that Spain has promised to send to Ukraine. " ) is still used in Europe and elsewhere, but in the early 1990s the US Army was retired in favor of the Patriot system, which means that existing missiles in US stockpiles need to be upgraded..

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