, in the framework of the next weapons package, Ukraine will receive from the United States not only Bradley armored vehicles and Patriot anti-aircraft vehicles, the transfer of which the White House, but also the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow (“Sea Sparrow”) announced the day before. This was reported with reference to its sources by Politico.
SEA SPARROW missiles intended for intercepting air targets were adopted in the United States back in 1976, but after almost half a century, the improved versions of missiles were used by the Navy and the US Marine Corps, as well as the fleets of other countries.
According to Politico, the Ukrainian military will be able to launch such missiles not from ships, but from ground platforms. Sources of the publication said that to launch the Sea Sparrow managed to adapt the launchers of the Buk complexes developed during the USSR.
Sea Sparrow – a controlled rocket of the “Ship – Air” controlled rocket with a semi -active radar head of the self -confidence. The US Navy does not reveal the range of the missile, however, according to experts, the new versions of the rocket are able to accelerate to a speed four times higher than the speed of sound, and hit the planes and cruise missiles at a distance of up to 50 km.