The American-made weapons cannot be exported, even by a country that owns them, without approval from the U.S. government.

A U.S. congressional official on May 9 announced that Washington had given the green light for Germany to transfer the weapons to Kyiv, the NYT reported. The shipment includes 125 long-range artillery rockets and 100 Patriot air defense missiles.

  • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Exactly my point- you keep the advanced SAM systems in reserve to take down anything that gets passed the less advanced systems like Gepards and MANPADS.