What air defense can we give Ukraine?

[James48]

Did we still have any old Hawk antiaircraft missile systems still in storage? Or old Vulcan anti-aircraft vehicles?

I’m old school, and don’t know what else is still in inventory from old days. Hawks would help Ukraine greatly with their drone and helicopter issues.

Anybody know? Anything pre-Patriot missile hardware?

[rso]

1. Ukraine

We provide multiple Patriot air defense batteries to questionable ally Saudi Arabia to protect them from the Houthis and Iran, we should certainly provide them to Ukraine.

[Tomconroy]

2. I'm reading that no defense will be perfect. The real answer

is probably F16s

[Irish_Dem]

5. I agree.

F-16s.

Ukraine needs to get control of the air.

[Layzeebeaver]

3. Redirect SA military aid to the Ukraine

Do it now.

Air defence and any other stuff.

[Abnredleg]

4. We are providing NASAMS AD system

Which is a very advanced short to medium range AD system. Once the war ends we’ll likely provide Patriot but that’s an extremely complicated system to operate so it will take time for the Ukrainians to get up to speed with it.

HAWK left the inventory over 30 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAMS

[James48]

6. How many do we have?

And how many can we spare? Built in Norway? Can we get a U.S. production going just for us, in volume?

[Abnredleg]

7. We don't use the system

(Except for a couple protecting Washington DC). But we do widely use the missile launched by the system and have many in stock. We’ve promised 18 systems, and some have already been delivered.

[James48]

8. Ukraine to get Hawk systems.

Good. That will help.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-to-receive-hawk-aspide-surface-to-air-missiles-from-spain