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HASC’s Draft NDAA Directs Pentagon To Provide Ukraine With ATACMS Missiles

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, June 14th, 2023

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HASC’s Draft NDAA Directs Pentagon To Provide Ukraine With ATACMS Missiles

Lockheed Martin's ATACMS

The House Armed Services Committees’ draft version of the next defense policy bill would direct the Pentagon to provide ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, which the Biden administration has yet to include in security assistance packages. The provision in the HASC chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which is set to be considered next Wednesday, calls for the weapons to be provided to Kyiv using at least $80 million in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds.…

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