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US is sending RUSSIAN Soviet air defense systems to Ukraine to help fight Putin: Pentagon says there is 'clear evidence' of war crimes and is now delivering Soviet equipment they 'secretly acquired from Moscow decades ago'
2022-03-22
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The US is sending Soviet-era air defense systems to Ukraine it emerged Monday

  • They include the SA-8 mobile system, which has a range of 20 miles

  • At the same the Pentagon said there was 'clear evidence' of Russian war crimes

  • With a stalled ground offensive, Russia is reliant on air strikes an
Posted by:Skidmark

#3  Should have done this in the years before the invasion.
Posted by: ruprecht   2022-03-22 22:12  

#2  SA-8/9K33? I wonder how effective they would be agains the primary threat - cruise missiles, deep strike aircraft, and theater-level missiles.

Get the S-300's from the other former eastern bloc countries and give them to Ukraine, and upgrade our allies with more modern NATO systems as a better deterrent to discourage Putin's aggression. The British Sky Sabre would do nicely, they are already deployed into Poland, and same with US Patriot (improved) batteries.
Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158   2022-03-22 19:43  

#1  Hey! We still use this. The OSA-AK, an Indian variant, can be found in our Air Defense Missile Regiment stables.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-03-22 13:55  

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