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Profile of Ukranian Air Defense Interceptors

July 15, 2005 :: BBC Worldwide Monitoring :: News

Ukraine’s air defense interceptors have become obsolete, according to Ukrainian military expert Serhiy Honcharov. In an article posted on the Ukrainian web site Defense Express, Honcharov states that Ukraine is currently incapable of providing an effective defense against modern aircraft. He cites as an example the insignificance of Iraq’s multitude of old Russian-made SAMs during the 2003 Iraq War: “A large quantity of anti-aircraft weapons no longer ensures that their tasks are effectively accomplished, even when the most active use is made of them and high tactical and fire densities are created within the air defense system.” In addition, he notes that Ukraine has insufficient resources to buy newly developed air defense weapons or even more existing ones. Honcharov concludes that Ukraine must upgrade its best SAMs and withdraw the rest from use. (Article)

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