United States Department of Defense has officially announced another package of defense aid worth 2.6 billion dollars. Of this amount, $500 million will be allocated as part of the presidential authorization program, when weapons are supplied directly from stockpiles.
And first of all, Defense Express highlights that this is another "ammunition" package, aimed both at replenishing the stocks of existing weapons, and those that are yet to be adopted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Thus, within the framework of the presidential powers, the transfer of the following weapons is announced:
- Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems;
- Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
- 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
- 120mm mortar rounds;
- 120mm and 105mm tank ammunition;
- 25mm ammunition;
- Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
- Approximately 400 grenade launchers and 200,000 rounds of - ammunition;
- 11 tactical vehicles to recover equipment;
- 61 heavy fuel tankers;
- 10 trucks and 10 trailers to transport heavy equipment;
- Testing and diagnostic equipment to support vehicle maintenance and repair;
- Spare parts and other field equipment.
At the same time, the largest part of the defense aid package, namely $2.1 billion, goes to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) program, when weapons and military equipment are ordered directly from the manufacturer.
Here, the emphasis is primarily on ammunition, but there are also other interesting systems, in particular for countering unmanned aerial vehicles. Yes, USAI has announced the transfer of the following:
- Under USAI, the DoD will provide Ukraine with:
- Additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);
- Nine counter-Unmanned Aerial System 30mm gun trucks;
- 10 mobile c-UAS laser-guided rocket systems;
- Three air surveillance radars;
- 30mm and 23mm anti-aircraft ammunition;
- 130mm and 122mm artillery rounds;
- 122mm GRAD rockets;
- Rocket launchers and ammunition;
- 120mm and 81mm mortar systems;
- 120mm, 81mm, and 60mm mortar rounds;
- 120mm tank ammunition;
- Javelin anti-armor systems;
- Anti-armor rockets;
- Precision aerial munitions;
- Approximately 3,600 small arms and more than 23,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition;
- Seven tactical vehicles to recover equipment;
- Eight heavy fuel tankers and 105 fuel trailers;
- Armored bridging systems;
- Four logistics support vehicles;
- Trucks and ten trailers to transport heavy equipment;
- Secure communications equipment;
- SATCOM terminals and services;
- Funding for training, maintenance, and sustainment.
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