A U.S. congressional official on May 9 announced that Washington had given the green light for Germany to transfer the weapons to Kyiv, the NYT reported. The shipment includes 125 long-range artillery rockets and 100 Patriot air defense missiles.

  • albert180@piefed.social
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    2 months ago

    They use Gepards to shoot down the shitty Shahed Drones. Missiles are much too expensive for this

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      2 months ago

      Exactly my point- you keep the advanced SAM systems in reserve to take down anything that gets passed the less advanced systems like Gepards and MANPADS.