after being criticized, britain announced that it would provide ukraine with 650 missile systems
2024-09-06
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source: cankaoxiaoxi.com
reference news reported on september 6london announced that britain will provide ukraine with 650 missile systems to help it strengthen its air defense capabilities in the coming months, after ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky criticized the speed of military aid to kiev.
the british ministry of defense announced in a statement that as part of a 162 million pound (about 1.513 billion yuan) contract, the first batch of 650 "light modular missile (lmm) systems" will be delivered before the end of this year.
the "widely-used" missiles will be manufactured by french company thales at its factory in belfast, northern ireland.
according to the manufacturer, these weapons "can be launched from a variety of land, sea and air tactical platforms" and can target both ground targets and drones in flight.
british defense secretary john healey, who is attending a meeting of the ukraine allied contact group at the u.s. air force base in ramstein, germany, will announce the delivery of the new missiles on the 6th.
healey, who took office in early july after labour leader keir starmer was elected prime minister, said: "this will be a significant boost to ukraine's air defence capabilities and demonstrates our new government's commitment to strengthening support for ukraine."
the british ministry of defense also stated that the artillery ammunition worth 300 million pounds (about 2.803 billion yuan) promised to kiev will also begin to be delivered before the end of the year. (compiled by lin xiaoxuan)
