The first Ukrainian troops had been trained and were now deployed with Starstreak to defend their country from russia`s disastrous invasion.This was stated by British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace in an interview with the British media, reports the Daily Mail.
Note that StarStreak - is on the verge of gradation between a portable anti-aircraft missile system and a near-field air defense system. Its range is approximately 7 km in height and 7 km in range.
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The main feature of this system is that instead of the traditional high-explosive fragmentation warhead, the missile itself comprises three tungsten darts, released from a carrier which is powered by a rocket motor. The darts are accelerated to a speed in excess of Mach 3.0 and the fire control system’s laser beam riding guidance ensures exceptional accuracy whilst being almost totally resistant to countermeasures.
There are several options for its installation: it can be configured in both man-portable and vehicle-mounted battlefield roles.
We remind, that on March 9, during a speech in the British Parliament, Ben Wallace said: the possibility of StarStreak transfer - "was being explored". Thus, it took less than 20 days to train the operators.
And the question of the timing of training of weapons operators, as stressed by the British Secretary of Defense, is one of the critical factors.
Mr Wallace said: "One of the biggest challenges is that the more you go up in sophistication of weapons systems, the more training you require to use them, which is why the real focus of effort has to be helping the Ukrainians either refurbish or locate Russian or Soviet equipment that is already in their inventory. Just providing British tanks wouldn’t really work."
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