While less capable than Ukraine's current arsenal, the new missiles are substantially cheaper and better suited for the current conditions on the ground.
The U.S. and German governments announced Thursday that the two countries would be sending a number of additional armaments to Ukraine as it continues to ward off a nearly yearlong incursion by invading Russian forces.
According to reporting by Politico, the Ukrainian military recently managed to tweak its existing Soviet-era BUK launchers to fire the Sea Sparrow, joining the country with Taiwan as the only nations that have proven capable of operating the ground-launched version of the missiles. Ukraine's missile defense has relied on the short- to medium-range National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems [NASAMS] as well as on Russian-made S-300 missile defense systems as the country's primary protection against incoming enemy air assaults.
While less versatile than the Sea Sparrow, a favorite of the U.S. Navy, the S-300 is generally considered a superior defense system, able to take out more sophisticated targets with higher rates of success.
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