This is a quick update to my earlier Sea Sparrow thread.
We have a publicly well documented candidate on how Ukraine got Sea Sparrow for its Buk launchers.
The most likely candidate is a tech transfer from Poland.
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We have a publicly well documented candidate on how Ukraine got Sea Sparrow for its Buk launchers.
The most likely candidate is a tech transfer from Poland.
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https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1611193980695232512
Back in 2012 Raytheon & Poland worked together for an upgrade of the of Poland's 2K12 Kub, NATO code name SA-6B, SAM system with the Raytheon Evolved Sea Sparrow (ESSM) missile.
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armyrecognition.com/mspo_2012_show…
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armyrecognition.com/mspo_2012_show…
These are 2012 pictures from the Army Recognition web site of the 2K12 tricked out with ESSM.
It was called the Pelican in this configuration.
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It was called the Pelican in this configuration.
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The text of the article talks about how ESSM was tested by being fired from a NASAMS launcher with the X-band MIM-23 Hawk 21 high powered radar illuminator.
So, theoretically NASAMS, Aspide, and now the Ukrainian Buk can draw upon NATO's stocks of older Sea Sparrow plus ESSM
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So, theoretically NASAMS, Aspide, and now the Ukrainian Buk can draw upon NATO's stocks of older Sea Sparrow plus ESSM
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So it is going to utterly suck rocks to be a Russian VKS pilot for the rest of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
There are going to be a lot of Cold War surplus NATO Sea Sparrows waiting for them to show up in Ukrainian air space.😈
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There are going to be a lot of Cold War surplus NATO Sea Sparrows waiting for them to show up in Ukrainian air space.😈
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