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Ukraine has not received the promised anti-aircraft missile systems NASANS, the words of the President of Ukraine should not be taken literally, supply SAM will be held at a later date. This was stated press Secretary Zelensky Sergey Nikiforov.
Kiev actually denied the words Zelensky in respect of the supply of NASAMS, said in an interview with foreign media. The Ukrainian President said that the United States has supplied these complexes Kiev, Ukraine would like to obtain a lot more, and SAM better, preferably the American Patriot. In fact, Washington had only given permission to supply, they physically were not delivered.
- said Nikiforov.
That Norwegian NASAMS will be included in the package of military assistance, the United States said in early July. In the middle of the month PREDSTAVITEL command of the Air forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat said that APU will get two battery packs, launchers, systems target detection and maintenance anti-aircraft missile systems. Each battery NASAMS has three firing squad, armed 54 missiles. In August, the Pentagon said that anti-aircraft Kiev will get not earlier than in two months, i.e. October-November.
NASAMS – mobile anti-aircraft missile system of the Norwegian production. It is designed to work on targets at low and medium altitudes. The data SAM can hit targets within a radius of about 25 km missiles AMRAAM and within a radius of 50 km missiles AMRAAM-ER. In addition to missiles AMRAAM / AMRAAM-ER, Norwegian air defence system could use more light missile IRIS-T SLS and AIM-9X.
