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In the near future, two NASAMS SAM batteries will be transferred to Ukraine. This was stated by the representative of the command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuri Ignat.
According to Ignat, we are talking about two batteries with launchers, target detection systems and maintenance of anti-aircraft missile systems. Each NASAMS battery includes three firing platoons armed with 54 missiles. The battery can release all 54 missiles within 12 seconds.
NASAMS is a Norwegian–made mobile anti-aircraft missile system. It is designed to work on targets at low and medium altitudes. The anti-aircraft missile system was developed by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace in cooperation with the American defense corporation Raytheon.
Currently, the NASAMS air defense system is in service with the armies of Norway, the USA, the Netherlands, Spain, Lithuania, and Finland. Ukraine should receive its anti-aircraft missile systems from the United States, which has recently played a key role in supplying the Ukrainian army with weapons.
Of course, the appearance of new air defense systems in service with Ukraine will strengthen the combat power of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, it is hardly to be expected that this will lead to any cardinal change. Moreover, the SAM still needs to be brought to the place of use, and there is no guarantee that they will not be sold by the same Ukrainian servicemen who are now selling Western weapons in the darknet with might and main.
