U. S. will supply Ukraine 50 Bradley combat vehicles
2023.01.05 14:06
U. S. will supply Ukraine 50 Bradley combat vehicles
Budrigannews.com – Two U.S. officials said on Thursday that a new package of weapons for Ukraine will include approximately 50 Bradley Fighting Vehicles. One of the officials said the package will be worth approximately $2.8 billion.
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the idea of sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles, a staple of the U.S. Army, to Ukraine to aid in fighting Russia’s invasion was being considered.
According to the officials, the most recent security package for Ukraine is anticipated to be unveiled on Friday.
According to one official, approximately $800 million of the approximately $2.8 billion package was derived from Foreign Military Financing to assist Ukraine in acquiring weapons. The remaining funds were provided by the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) for Ukraine, which enables the United States to quickly transfer defense articles such as Humvees, trucks, and munitions from stocks in the event of an emergency without the need for congressional approval.
The robustly armed armored vehicle manufactured by BAE Systems (OTC:) Since the middle of the 1980s, the U.S. Army has relied on Plc to transport troops around battlefields.
The thousands of Bradleys in the Army could provide the Ukrainians with additional battlefield firepower. However, Biden’s action does not include the requested deployment of Abrams tanks in Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, told the United States Congress at the end of last month that the tens of billions of dollars in aid it had approved to help Ukraine fight the Russian invasion was not charity but an investment in global security.
As Europe’s largest land conflict since 1945 drags on, killing tens of thousands, the United States has provided Kyiv with security assistance worth approximately $21.3 billion. It was not immediately clear how much the Friday package of security aid would cost.
Ukraine has received increasingly more powerful weapons from the United States. More advanced weapons systems, such as High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), were delivered to Kiyv as the war progressed and Ukraine’s requirements changed.
The most recent pledge made by the United States was to send a Patriot missile system to stop Russian attacks with missiles and drones. There is still work to be done regarding training and other logistics.
In an effort to modernize, the Army is working on retiring its Bradley fleet and developing a replacement in partnership with the industry.
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