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U.S. high-motorized rocket launcher system to aid Ukraine (photo source network)
According to the U.S. Department of Defense on September 28, 2022, The Ministry of Defense announced that it would provide Ukraine with US$1.1 billion in aid to Ukraine, which is part of the Ukrainian security assistance program. A senior defense official said in a briefing on the day that the package contains a series of important combat equipment, but some of which are intended to support Ukraine's defense needs in the long term, and the latest U.S. support targets long-term security investment in Ukraine.
The latest military aid plan includes 18 high-motorized rocket launcher systems, as well as related ammunition . As part of military aid, the United States will purchase these systems from manufacturers to provide them to Ukraine instead of picking up the goods directly from stocks of the U.S. military. The senior defense official said it could take some time to promise Ukraine’s latest high-motorized rocket launcher systems, “the procurement and delivery of these systems and related ammunition will take several years,” he said. “The news released today is just the beginning of a procurement process.”
The official said that while the long-term purchase of newly produced high-motorized rocket launcher systems in Ukraine does not rule out that the United States continues to withdraw existing systems from inventory when needed, it does have a bigger purpose to get these systems contracted and delivered later. The official said: "If we do not invest in buying these systems for the future, then we cannot meet the future needs of the Ukrainian army." This is a considerable investment. Its purpose is to allow Ukraine to have the long-term plans it needs in the future to continue to block future threats , and it does not rule out that we continue to invest in their existing powers and ensure they have their existing capabilities.
is now planning for Ukraine's future defense needs, which is not a new concept. In April this year, Defense Minister Lloyd Austin III presided over the first series of meetings of the Ukrainian Defense Liaison Group, the first meeting was held in Germany. At that time, he hinted that not only needs to meet Ukraine's urgent needs, but also needs to meet its future national defense needs. He said: "Ukraine needs our help today to win," and "when the war is over, they still need our help."
The senior defense official pointed out that in addition to the 16 high-motorized rocket launcher systems that the United States has provided to Ukraine, the allies have also provided Ukraine with another 10 equivalent multi-barrel rocket systems. The official said Ukrainian uses these systems to play a huge role.
In the latest military aid plan, it also includes 150 Hummer , 150 tactical vehicles, explosive disposal equipment, body armor and a series of tactical security communication systems, surveillance systems and optical systems.
The official also said that the plan also includes 20 multi-mission radar , which can track air objects and threats, including artillery fire such as mortar , and enemy drone systems.
The official said: "Like every package, we fund the training, maintenance and maintenance of these devices."
He said that the United States has provided approximately $16.2 billion in aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
The Russians also recently announced that they plan to recruit about 300,000 conscripted soldiers from Russian society to participate in the battle in Ukraine, but the Russian people's reaction to the mobilization order is not positive. Another senior defense officer said this is not the first time Russia has done something similar, and using civilian population to find new combatants shows that they face challenges in using existing troops to achieve their goals."Before that, they had mobilized twice, once in 1914 and the other in 1941," the senior military officer said, "If you think about the consequences they feel now, if you compare it to World War I and World War II , it certainly speaks very well about a lot of things the Ukrainians can do... to the Russian army."
The senior military official said that equipting so much civilian service so quickly could face challenges, and he also said that many military personnel who need to train these new recruits are not available now because they are already in Ukraine. The official reported that he saw an open source report online saying that new conscripts may have received only one day of training before being sent to Ukraine to fight, . "I just think about the level of training we put into our own armed forces and know that this is... quite insufficient."
