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Old 30th Jun 2022, 20:34
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rattman
 
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Bidens speech at the nato summit, he announced

countries will provide Ukraine with:
  • about 140 thousand anti-tank systems
  • more than 600 tanks
  • almost 500 artillery systems
  • more than 600 thousand shells
  • advanced MLRS
  • anti-ship systems
  • air defense
Also from forbes
It’s official. The United States has provided, or soon will provide guided artillery shells to the Ukrainian army.

The 155-millimeter-diameter Excalibur shells, which home in on GPS coordinates and can strike enemy vehicles in forests, revetments and alleyways, could help the Ukrainians to chip away at the Russian army’s firepower advantage in Ukraine.

An unnamed U.S. Defense Department official confirmed the Excalibur provision in comments to reporters Monday. “So as you know, we're conducting training out of Ukraine and Germany and England,” the official said.

“And so, we've got everything from maintenance courses that we're running, continuing to train on the employment of artillery systems, both HIMARS [rocket launchers] and howitzers. We're working on Excalibur employment, and that's our big stuff.”

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