I believe of the systems from the following ref. only the
SA-12 Gladiator S-300V 9K81 air defense missile system would amount to a
new addition to the
Ukraine OOB. The tracked launchers were built in Ukraine at the "home" of
Soviet T-72 design & production. These are likely to be coming from Poland and
possibly also the Baltic States. I would expect these to be either the S-300V3 or
S-300V4 versions.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/russ...res_video.html
The one "
I'm on the fence about" is the SA-14 Gremin 9K34
Strela-3 (What version?) MANPADS Man-portable air defense missile system.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/russ...sile_data.html
The full article...
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...o_ukraine.html
The "
No Fly Zone" and
fighters are a
dead issue here. However the conversation is shifting towards Med Rng. SAMs, I can see this on the horizon. We've seeded Poland and the Baltic states with our
PATRIOTs and those countries have plenty of Soviet/Russian era Med and Long Rng. SAM systems available for use by the Ukrainians w/o the training down time.
Regards,
Pat
