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U.S.’ New $1 Billion Weapons Package For Ukraine Includes Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles, More Precision Rockets

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, June 15th, 2022

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U.S.’ New $1 Billion Weapons Package For Ukraine Includes Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles, More Precision Rockets

A Harpoon missile is launched from the USS Shiloh in 2014 during a live-fire exercise. Photo: U.S. Navy.

The U.S. has approved sending another $1 billion in weapons assistance to Ukraine, with the new package including delivery of Harpoon anti-ship missiles and additional munitions for the longer-range rocket systems provided in a previous package. The latest deal to aid Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s ongoing invasion is specifically split between $350 million in equipment to be pulled from existing Pentagon inventories and $650 million worth of capabilities provided through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) program where…

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