By Eliza Popova
One of the interlocutors of journalists noted that the United States would most likely be sent to Ukraine at first the Hawk system to Ukraine, since it is unknown whether it is enough American starting installations to be in good condition, since the SCRs have been stored in warehouses for decades. The issue of HAWK's transfer will be considered later this week.
According to one of the US officials, the HAWK military aid package will be approximately twice the last packages worth about $ 700 million. The agency noted that the HAWK system is the precursor to the Patriot Anti -Patriot System of Raytheon Technologies, the use of which is not yet considered by Ukraine, the US officials reported.
According to the Militarial Portal, the Medium-Range Anti-aircraft missile complex was adopted in the United States in 1960 and has since passed several modernization programs. The system was developed to destroy aircraft, later refined to intercept rockets. The first variants of the system affected the air targets with a separation of 25 km and at a height of 14 km. After modernization, the target intercepting range increased to 40 km at an altitude of 18 km.
The main fire unit of the complex is the anti -aircraft battery, which usually consists of two firing platoons, which have three starting installations each. There are 3 MIM-23 anti-aircraft missiles on each mobile launcher. Starting installations can be both self -propelled and trailed. Recall that it became known that Spain will hand over to Ukraine four launching installations of the Hawk air defense system.
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