The United States of America, as part of the next package of military assistance, will provide Ukraine with 23 Defiant patrol boats equipped with 25-mm automatic cannons and remote-controlled heavy machine guns. Naval News writes about it.

According to the source, six Metal Shark naval combat boats will be sent to Ukraine in the near future as part of the $450 million military aid package announced earlier.. In addition, Metal Shark's Franklin and Jeanerette facility in Louisiana continues production of 17 additional vessels for Ukraine, including ten 38' Defiant patrol boats, four 38' Defiant center console patrol boats and three 36' Fearless patrol boats.. It is assumed that each of them will be optimized to perform tasks in Ukraine.

The provision of military patrol boats is part of a long-term foreign policy strategy developed between Ukraine and the United States over the years..

But due to the Russian invasion, the parties had to speed up the terms of cooperation..

Defiant patrol boats are made of aluminum and are armed with two 25-mm automatic cannons, as well as remote-controlled heavy machine guns. In addition, six additional guns can be installed on them.. The maximum number of Defiant crew is 8 people.

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