{"id":25245,"date":"2023-08-29T21:49:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=25245"},"modified":"2023-08-30T06:48:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T06:48:44","slug":"aim-9m-missiles-250-million-in-additional-security-assistance-headed-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=25245","title":{"rendered":"AIM-9M Missiles, $250 Million in Additional Security Assistance Headed for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>With the presidential drawdown authority package announced today, the U.S. has committed more than $43 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia&#8217;s invasion in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p><!--popup--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, the department also announced an additional security assistance [package] to meet Ukraine&#8217;s critical security and defense needs,&#8221; said Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh during a briefing today. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The aid package is the 45th of its kind and includes, among other things, air defense and artillery munitions, mine-clearing equipment and medical vehicles, Singh said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. will continue to work with its allies and partners to provide Ukraine with the capabilities to meet its immediate battlefield needs and longer-term security systems requirements,&#8221; Singh said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-notes ntext\">\n<div class=\"ast-notes-inner\">\n<p>        <span class=\"body\"><br \/>\n            AIM-9M missiles for air defense<br \/>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"body\"><br \/>\n            Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, also called HIMARS<br \/>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"body\"><br \/>\n            155 mm and 105 mm artillery rounds<br \/>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"body\"><br \/>\n            Mine-clearing equipment<br \/>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"body\"><br \/>\n            Tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided, or &#8220;TOW,&#8221; missiles<br \/>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"body\"><br \/>\n            Javelin and other anti-armor systems and rockets<br \/>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"body\"><br \/>\n            Hydra-70 rockets<br \/>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"body\"><br \/>\n            Over 3 million rounds of small-arms ammunition<br \/>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"body\"><br \/>\n            Armored medical treatment vehicles and high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle, or Humvee, ambulances<br \/>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"body\"><br \/>\n            Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing<br \/>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"body\"><br \/>\n            Spare parts, maintenance, and other field equipment<br \/>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Presidential drawdown authority, or PDA, allows the president to withdraw weapons, ammunitions and material from existing U.S. military stocks and provide that to other nations in certain circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the presidential drawdown authority package announced today, the U.S. has committed more than $43 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia&#8217;s invasion in February 2022. &#8220;Today, the department also announced an additional security assistance [package] to meet Ukraine&#8217;s critical security and defense needs,&#8221; 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