The SAMP/T Mamba system. Source: MBDA Systems.
Ukraine has asked Italy and France for additional Aster-30 missiles to keep its SAMP/T medium-range air defense systems operational, Corriere della Sera reported on March 14.
Volodymyr Zelensky’s government repeatedly asked the two countries to send more Aster 30s, at least 50, over the last few weeks, according to the Italian publication, which noted that the Italian reserve of the missiles are nearing a critically low level.
The Aster-30 radar homing interceptors, which was originally developed for naval vessels, is the main armament of the SAMP/T. It has a range of up to 120 kilometers.
The Italian-French air defense system utilizes THALES’s ARABEL multifunction fire control X-band radar which has a range of 100 kilometers. Eurosam, the producer of the SAMP/T, alleges that the system can counter an array of airborne threats including manned and unmanned aircraft, and is said to be especially effective against cruise missiles.
Ukrainian Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov met in Rome with his Italian counterpart, Guido Crosetto on March 14. Umerov is also set to meet the top management of Eurosam. The shortage in Aster 30 missiles will likely be raised during the meeting.
In 2023, France and Italy supplied a SAMP/T system to Ukraine. The system was later destroyed, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Last year, Italy announced that it would be sending another system to Kiev forces.
A recent report by the Wall Street Journal revealed that the SAMP/T had failed miserably in real combat conditions in Ukraine.
The SAMP/T has software problems, according to the report, which also said that the system struggled with technical issues that prevented effective interception of ballistic missiles.
Ukraine’s air defense network was hit very badly over the past year. Supplying an additional 50 Aster 30 missiles, or even 500 will not likely make any difference. While the Kiev regime is focusing on such small issues, it continues to ignore the bigger picture. The reality is that Europe’s military sector has been depleted and won’t likely be able to recover any time soon.
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any wrong decision to please us,france,turkey and britain and risk russian existence through wrong deals will cause putin’s life.trump life is t stake from nato right exposure and he is gone.
amazing how much taxpayer money they will steal from the people of europe to keep their war profiteering going. nato is a criminal organization and is acting against the will of the people. prosecute it as such, before they destroy the world playing stupid games with human life.
the allies need to trick idiot putin with another ceasefire to provide time to rearm afu…heheheh
what to arm? the stores are empty and the money is gone. he he he.
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there are 3 army in europe now, england france and turkey. germany pays for teanzsexual , sex parades, cix males, gay troops same as netherland, belgia, italy etc.
use banana in anuz instead apple no $ to pay gay mulatto—we #1 shithole.
russia and ukraine just needs more captagon drug from syria.
al-colani supports both ukraina and russia
and will send more captagon drugs as military help to the both sides soon.
syria=worlds #1 captagon drug produces and importer.
make isis great again. send us weapons and money to isis
more aster-30 missiles may require more decoys. france and italy could run short of funds for their growing immigrant population which they value more than their citizens.
english pm sending money to ukraine and stealing from pensioners and now planning to hit people with disabilities. while running around trying to look important
you got that right chris now he says he has set up a group of countries to fight against russia on land -sea and air -so long uk -so long keir starmer his mindset is back in the victorian era of colonial rule .
hupper gupper
in burgerland we quote homer simpson
if china wanted to take over europe, now would be a good time :)
why. it has no resource value.