From F-16 to Mysterious Missiles: What a New Weapon can Ukraine get in 2024

Defense forces, in addition to current weapons needs, can potentially be obtained by new anti-aircraft missile complexes, German Taurus missiles, as well as a mysterious 300 km. Ukrainian pilots are trained at Western F-16 fighters. However, in addition to them, the defense forces can get a large list of weapons. About it reports Defense Express. Western partners have already agreed to supply to Ukraine F-16 fighters. Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium will become donors of aircraft.

Multifunctional fighters should start coming, the Netherlands have already declared preparation for the first batch of F-16. According to the publication, Western aircraft are one of the most complex weapons, because in addition to aircraft, Ukraine needs to prepare aerodromes, infrastructure and air protection. The urgent issue is the type of weapons and radar that will have F-16.

In the fall of 2023, it became known that the Arsenal of Ukraine was supplemented by ATACMS missiles with a cassette combat unit, which has a range up to 165 km. They were used for blows to Russian helicopters in aerodromes in a temporarily occupied territory. Ukraine. Therefore, in 2024 it will be relevant to obtain missiles with a range of 300 km, according to journalists. However, there will be no number of such missiles quantitatively, you will have to carefully choose goals.

The media wrote that Ukraine should get an atypical secreted rocket in January. It is stated that its range should be 300 km, and the weight of the combat part - 100 kg. This combination is quite atypical, and journalists do not rule out that AGM-88G AARGM-ER, but there is a warhead 70 kg. Therefore, it is possible that the US can develop a new rocket for Ukraine.

Germany has long denied the supply of Taurus long-range cruise missiles, even though the Armed Forces already have Storm Shadow/Scalp-EG. At first, it was a condition for supplying ATCMS states, but after that they stated that the missiles needed to be reprogrammed so that they could not be used for blows in the Russian Federation. Then Germany stated that it takes up to 6 months to integrate the rocket into Ukrainian Su-24 and study pilots.

In the end, the publication believes that the real cause is a limited number of ready -to -use Taurus, which is calculated by several hundred. Boeing in Cooperation with SAAB should transfer GLSDB shells for HIMARS to Ukraine. The peculiarity of the rocket is the combination of a bomb and a rocket engine. Initially, the Armed Forces had to get jet shells in the fall of 2023, but now it is known that Ukraine will receive them as early as 2024. The ammunition range will be 150 km.