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Chris
@chrstphr_woody
journalist covering defense and security in Asia
Nov 4, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The Pentagon says today that US is paying for the Czech defense industry to refurbish 45 T-72 tanks to be delivered to Ukraine and Netherlands is paying for another 45. Those 90 tanks will "the most advanced on the battlefield" dept. press secretary Sabrina Singh says "These are tanks that the Ukrainians know how to use on the battlefield," Singh says of T-72s when asked why Abrams, Leopards or Korean tanks aren't being given. Adds that introducing Western-designed tanks would be "costly," "time sensitive," and a "huge undertaking" for Ukraine