Nasams air defense systems: In the Air Force Air Force, they declared preparation for their transfer to Ukraine

Nasams anti-aircraft missile complexes are not in Ukraine so far, preparation for their transmission is currently underway. This was reported by a spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces Yuri Ignat on the air of the national telephone. “They are not in us yet. The preparation for the transfer is still underway. Accordingly, the decision of the Government of Norway has already been made. We expect two batteries, ”he explained.

Hnat also commented on the availability of missiles to the air defense system in a new US assistance package. “Nasams missiles are American-made missiles: AIM-120 Amraam-ER used in the NASAMS anti-aircraft missile system. Of course, we will need these missiles when these systems come, ”he added.

Earlier in the Air Force, the Armed Forces explained that NASAMS is the complex that, under the current conditions of combat, will allow Ukraine to "deploy its air defense from hidden positions, to be mobile. " This system has high mobility, can quickly turn around, make shots and leave a position. Nasams has six rockets, and the range of this complex lesions reaches 40 kilometers.

Two NASAMS SPR batteries were part of a new $ 820 million military assistance package, which the United States was announced on July 1. On August 8, the United States announced a new billion dollars military aid package to Ukraine, which will include ammunition for HIMARS, NASAMS and 155 mm artillery, as well as 1000 Javelin PTRC. Usually, the NASAMS battery includes three firing platoons (54 missiles), combined into an information network.