⚡What #Ukraine needs asap to win the war: Air-Defense Systems.
@KpsZSU
You might have seen that the US is already helping a lot. This is true. #Ukrainians are thankful a lot. But it’s not enough for 🇺🇦 to protect the whole world from a massive threat to humanity.
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🇷🇺air force is enormous, over 10 times as large as @KpsZSU. Without sufficient anti-aircraft systems, 🇷🇺will have free reign to destroy everything – artillery, command posts, tanks and entire 🇺🇦 cities.
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That is precisely why at the beginning of the invasion 🇷🇺 was trying hard to achieve air dominance. If they succeed, it will just be a matter of time until 🇷🇺wins the war.
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The #Buk is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the #SovietUnion and its successor state, 🇷🇺, and designed to counter cruise missiles, smart bombs, fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles.
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NASAMS (National/#Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System) is a distributed and networked medium to long range surface-to-air missile defense system. #NASAMS was the first surface-based application for the AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile).
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It integrates 🇺🇲MPQ-64 Sentinel air defense radar and AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles with an indigenously developed Battle management C4I system called FDC (Fire Distribution Center). The FDC connected to a MPQ-64 radar forms an “Acquisition Radar and Control System” (ARCS).
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The missile has a horizontal range of up to 15-25 km.
The anti-aircraft systems are responsible for protecting 🇺🇦 from cruise missiles, which 🇷🇺 has in huge quantities and has been using with complete disregard for civilians.
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This military support will enable Ukraine to reclaim territory lost since February 24th and bring #Russia to the negotiating table — not as a superpower throwing ultimatums, but as a neighbor willing to make real concessions.
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However, without additional weaponry, this #RussianUkrainianWar will become an endless bloodbath, spreading misery, suffering, and destruction.
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#ArmUkraineNow
#ArmUkraine
#ProtectUAsky
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