Pentagon shifts anti-drone technology from Ukraine to US troops
Pentagon shifts anti-drone technology from Ukraine to US troops
Last week the Pentagon informed the congress that important anti-drone technologies that were originally intended for Ukraine to be diverted. This emerges from letter that CNN and insiders have received.
change in the defense policy of the USA
This measure reflects the changed focus of the USA under President Donald Trump, who are increasingly concentrating on the Middle East and the Pacific. In addition, the US stocks of certain defense components have become increasingly scarce.
redirection of critical technologies
The redirected technology that includes rapprochement for the rockets that Ukraine uses to defend Russian drones was passed on in the course of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) on the order of Defense Minister Pete Hegseth from the Ukraine Command of the Air Force. This emerges from a letter dated May 29 that was sent to the armaments and armed forces commissions of the Senate and the house.
background to Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative
The USA is a program of the Ministry of Defense that was launched in 2014 when Russia attacked East Ukraine for the first time and annexed the Crimea. This program allows the US government to buy weapons and military technology for Ukraine from American manufacturers. However, the rapprochement cunles originally bought for Ukraine were redirected as the "urgent problem" of the Minister of Defense.
consequences of the diversion for Ukraine
The Wall Street Journal reported on this message for the first time. In the past few months, the Pentagon has redirected a considerable amount of equipment and resources to the Middle East, including air defense systems from the Indo-Pacific command, given threats from Iran and the Houthi rebels in Yemen.uncertain effects on defense ability
It is currently unclear what effects the detour of the detonators from Ukraine will have. This technology has significantly increased the effectiveness of its rockets against Russian drones because the detonator triggers an additional explosion when the rocket approaches the goal. In addition, US troops in the Middle East, especially in Syria and Iraq, also had to deal with threats that are used by the Iran.
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