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U.S.’ New $400 Million Weapons Package For Ukraine Includes More Munitions For NASAMS, HIMARS

U.S.’ New $400 Million Weapons Package For Ukraine Includes More Munitions For NASAMS, HIMARS
NASAMS Live Fire Exercise Photo: RTX

The U.S. on Wednesday approved a new $400 million weapons package for Ukraine, which includes additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) and High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) launchers.  The new security assistance deal, which is the 26th drawdown of equipment from Pentagon inventories, also includes 150 heavy machine guns the Pentagon says will be integrated with “thermal imagery sights to counter unmanned aerial systems (UAS).” “With Russia's unrelenting and brutal missile and UAS attacks on Ukrainian…

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