$200m in Javelins, other anti-armor systems, grenade launchers and more to Ukraine: DoD

[rangerrebew]

$200m in Javelins, other anti-armor systems, grenade launchers and more to Ukraine: DoD

By Joe Gould and Howard Altman
 Jan 25, 05:34 PM
 

WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon on Tuesday provided more details about the $200 million military aid package for Ukraine approved by President Joe Biden in December.

“This package includes additional Javelin and other anti-armor systems, grenade launchers, munitions, and non-lethal equipment essential to Ukraine’s front line defenders, said Marine Corps Lt. Col. Anton Semelroth, a Pentagon spokesman. “Those deliveries are ongoing.”

The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv Tuesday afternoon reported that 79 tons of security assistance, including about 300 Javelins, arrived in Kyiv

The package was not announced previously, but CNN broke news of the approval earlier this month.

https://www.militarytimes.com/congress/2022/01/25/200m-in-javelins-other-anti-armor-systems-grenade-launchers-and-more-to-ukraine-dod/

[AARguy]

Javelin is a game changing anti-tank system. Unlike it predecessors like TOW and SAL HELLFIRE which can be guided to a moving target by the gunner, JAVELIN guides itself, autonomously. Its a complex system. It takes training to operate it effectively. Sending these systems to the Ukraine and expecting them to use them properly is like sending surgical gear to Ukrainian Soldiers and expecting them to perform appendectomies. Another example of the Biden administration not having a clue about conducting military operations.