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| S-300 Missiles |
International Military - It is possible that Ukraine will get the advanced S-300 missiles. A senior Pentagon official revealed that the Biden administration was cooperating to fulfill the Slovak bid. As is well known, Slovakia has an offer to assist Ukraine by delivering the S-300 surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile system.
Reporting from Bulgarian Military, the US government is still considering this. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Celeste Wallander told the House Armed Services Committee that the United States was developing options. It is nothing but useful to implement the agreement carefully.
Two weeks ago, Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy made an impromptu proposal for the possibility of sending S-300 SAMs to Ukraine. According to Wallander, coordination talks are ongoing with several countries and more detailed answers will be given at a secret session.
"We are working to ensure that countries that have Soviet air defense systems, including the S-300 system, and which have spare parts, missiles, various parts of these S-300s, can hand them over to Ukraine," he said.
The S-300 (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) is a series of Soviet long-range surface-to-air missile systems developed to defend against aircraft and cruise missiles.
The S-300 system was first used by the Soviet Union in 1979. Where it was designed for air defense of large industrial and administrative facilities, military bases, and airspace control against enemy attack aircraft.
The system is fully automated, although manual observation and operation is also possible. The S-300 also 'gives' many versions that appear with different missiles.
These include an improved radar, better resistance to countermeasures, longer range and better capability against short-range ballistic missiles or targets flying at very low altitudes.