According to the publication, the Pentagon will spend $ 92 million of the funds approved by Congress for "additional purchase of M982 Excalibur shells, which were transferred to Ukraine in support of international efforts to counteract" the Russian FederationNEW YORK, September 8.
/tass/. The US Department of Defense secretly supplied Ukraine with M982 Excalibur GPS-guided artillery shells. This was reported on Thursday by Bloomberg with reference to documents outlining plans to replenish the weapons stocks of the United States itself.
The Pentagon, according to the agency, will spend $ 92 million of funds approved by Congress for "additional purchase of M982 Excalibur shells, which were transferred to Ukraine in support of international efforts to counteract" the Russian Federation. Thus, in terms of resupply, the Pentagon admitted for the first time that it supplied Excalibur shells to Kiev. The budget document referred to by the publication was published last month, and it was not reported earlier.
According to the agency, Excalibur shells are used in 155-mm howitzers and allow you to hit enemy targets more accurately. Their range is about 40.5 km. Each such projectile costs about 100 thousand dollars.
In addition to Excalibur, the documents contain information on the supply to Kiev of conventional 155-mm artillery shells, Javelin anti-tank missile systems and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, HIMARS MLRS, as well as MK-19 grenade launchers, "precision sniper rifles" and optical sights.
The US military, the agency notes, is requesting $265,000 dollars to replenish stocks of sniper rifles and $80,000 to replace sights. At least $745.5 million will be needed by the United States to replenish stocks of Stinger missiles, and $471 million will be spent to purchase 16 HIMARS installations and increase production capacity. In addition, the US military plans to spend $337 million to replenish stocks of 155-mm shells for its army and marines, the funds will also be used to implement other items of military spending, including $65 million will be required to replace the "small, medium and large amphibious ships" transferred to Ukraine, the agency writes.
