The United States promises to speed up the delivery of NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine

After massive shelling of Ukrainian cities, the United States is accelerating the supply of modern systems to Ukraine

NASAMS Air Defense. This was stated by White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.

What does it mean

Previously, America approved the allocation of eightAdvanced Anti-Aircraft Missile Systems (NASAMS). Two of them should be delivered in the near future, the remaining six over a longer period of time.

“We think we are on our way toto ship the first two systems in the very near future. We are certainly interested in accelerating the delivery of NASAMS to Ukraine as soon as we can,” Kirby emphasized.

NASAMS is a mobile Norwegian anti-aircrafta missile system designed to combat maneuvering aerodynamic targets at low and medium altitudes, a short- to medium-range air defense system.