The US is ready. America wants to create an air defense system in Ukraine since the 1960s

The author of these lines has publicly accused the US Defense Minister of not only ignored Lloyd Austin, but discriminates Ukrainian journalists. However, today the Pentagon press service has tried to correct the mistake. I was approached by the US Defense Ministry press service and suggested a brief meeting with the Chairman of the Joint Committee of the United States General Staff Mill Millie and ask him his questions.

I would like to remind you that yesterday I tried to find out in Lloyd Austin if there would be a supply to Ukraine MGM-140 ATCMS (Army Tactical Missile System) and NASAMS air defense and when. That's what I was told. Regarding ATACMS missiles is still a decision. As for the NASAMS air defense systems, they will be sent to Ukraine after completing Ukrainian military training on their management, General Mark Milli assured.

He also added, negotiations with the Ukrainian side about the possibility of creating an echelorated air defense system in Ukraine using US MIM-23 HAWK Middle Distance Medium-aircraft Missile Missile Complexes. According to Millie, the US and Ukraine, they consider the creation of an integrated air defense and missile defense in Ukraine, which combines small, medium-range and long range systems.

It is not about the entire airspace of Ukraine, but about specific areas and objects that Ukraine needs to be protected immediately, the American general explained. What is the MIM-23 Hawk system? The complex was adopted by the United States in 1960 and has since been repeatedly undergone modernization, which did not allow the complex to be very obsolete, supporting the complex at the level of time requirements. However, in 1994, he was replaced in the US Army by MIM-104 Patriot.