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U.S.’ New $400 Millon Weapons Deal For Ukraine Includes Avenger Air Defense, HAWK Missiles

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U.S.’ New $400 Millon Weapons Deal For Ukraine Includes Avenger Air Defense, HAWK Missiles
An Avenger fires a Stinger missile during Artemis Strike, a live fire exercise at the NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) off the coast of Crete, Greece Nov. 6, 2017.

The U.S. on Thursday approved a new $400 million weapons package for Ukraine, to include the first delivery of Avenger air defense systems. The new security assistance deal, which is the 25th drawdown of equipment from Pentagon inventories, also includes providing missiles for Raytheon Technologies’ [RTX] HAWK air defense systems that Spain is delivering to Ukraine. “With Russia's unrelenting and brutal air attacks on Ukrainian critical infrastructure, additional air defense capabilities are critical. The HAWK missiles, which will be refurbished…

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