Posted on 07/18/2023 12:25:17 PM PDT by dynachrome
The United States will announce a new pledge to buy $1.3 billion worth of military aid for Kyiv in its conflict with Russia in the coming days, two U.S. officials said.
The previously unreported weapons package includes air defenses, counter-drone systems, exploding drones and ammunition, one of the U.S. officials said.
The United States is using funds in its Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) program, which allow President Joe Biden's administration to buy weapons from industry rather than pull from U.S. weapons stocks.
Among the systems and ammunition the U.S. plans to buy for Kyiv are counter-air defenses made by L3Harris Technologies (LHX.N) called the Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment or VAMPIRE, one of the officials said.
Also included are two different types of loitering munitions, the Phoenix Ghost drone made by AVEVEX, a private company in California, and the Switchblade, made by AeroVironment Inc (AVAV.O).
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Why don’t we just declare war on Russia and be done with it?
Isn’t it amazing that after the United States (initiated by President Trump) ends two 20 year wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, that magically yet another war pops up that requires continued taxpayer dollars?
Emptying our own pots into that bottomless pit now known as Ukraine. Thanks, Uncle Joe!
Zelenskyy says JUMP and Biden says HOW HIGH?................
Every person who supports the Ukraine war should have their home raided, their bank accounts taken away and all those resources should be divided up and sent to the rest of the sane American taxpayers as reparations
Zelinsky hasthe goods on Jo Jo so we’ll keep paying for this chicken-brained traitor
Its almost as if he has dirt on Biden or something...
He’s willing to bankrupt this country so as to help his buddy. How much of a kickback will he be getting? Will he suddenly be able to afford 4 mansions after he gets out of the White House? and who is going to buy them for him?
Odd ain’t it?.................
“Dr Biden” has created a Frankenstein monster
(albeit a laughable pipsqueak) by slavishly supporting shortstuff Zelensky.
His “begging act” indicates the self-serving Zelensky feels supremely entitled to whatever he asks for......
US weapons, billions in US tax dollars, even our SS benefits, etc......
go to Zelensky, with total disregard for Americans’ safety and security or America’s global interests.
Very different destinations for taxpayer $.
Afghanistan was very light on equipment and ammo. Yes, really.
This one has especially boosted spending on a couple of equipment categories, and, moreover, made hardware spending a much easier sell across the board. Everyone in all services can make the case that their stockpiles are low.
And the effect is international. Everyone is buying arms.
Seconded
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Guess the Biden clan needs more dinero..you can always tell when the Biden’s need more cash when they ship more money to Ukraine which then gets spread around to Zelenskyy and the Biden crime family
It would be amazing if it were true. It is not. We still have a small number of troops engaged in Iraq in anti-ISIS operations in Iraq and Syria and assisting the Iraqi Army. US troops were still in Afghanistan assisting Afghans when Biden took the office.
another cut back in uke bucks
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