{"id":1771571,"date":"2022-12-11T06:30:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T11:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1771571"},"modified":"2022-12-11T10:34:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T15:34:00","slug":"latest-275m-ukraine-aid-package-includes-counter-drone-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-275m-ukraine-aid-package-includes-counter-drone-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest $275M Ukraine Aid Package Includes Counter-drone Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flatest-275m-ukraine-aid-package-includes-counter-drone-weapons%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1771571&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1239007428-e1668808711558.jpg?w=750\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"     style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The latest batch of U.S. military aid for Ukraine includes additional technology to counter Russian unmanned aerial systems.<\/p>\n<p>The $275 million package, announced Friday, continues a trend where the United States provides equipment to help Kyiv defeat Moscow\u2019s drones. These systems are being drawn down from Defense Department stocks and the Biden administration is also procuring these types of capabilities from military contractors using Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis security assistance package will provide Ukraine with new capabilities to boost its air defenses in addition to providing critical equipment that Ukraine is using so effectively to defend itself on the battlefield,\u201d the DOD said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>A Pentagon spokesperson declined to provide more details about the counter-UAS tech due to operational security considerations.<\/p>\n<p>In the past DOD officials have sometimes disclosed what <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2022\/08\/24\/new-3-billion-us-military-aid-package-for-ukraine-includes-counter-drone-systems\/\">drone-busting systems<\/a> will be sent to Ukraine, but at other times they have <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2022\/09\/30\/pentagon-tight-lipped-about-new-counter-drone-technology-destined-for-ukraine\/\">been tight-lipped<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Drones have played a key role during the <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2022\/11\/01\/war-of-the-robots-race-to-acquire-drones-shaping-ukraine-russia-conflict\/\">Ukraine-Russia war<\/a> for both sides.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. military officials are also worried about the threat that UAS pose to American forces, which the new <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2022\/10\/27\/us-missile-defense-review-includes-new-focus-on-kamikaze-drones-other-uas-threats%EF%BF%BC\/\">Missile Defense Review<\/a> highlighted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of our training right now is on force on force. Both sides are going to have a ton of little drones [in future conflicts]. We have to get comfortable operating in that environment,\u201d Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger told DefenseScoop on Wednesday during a Defense Writers Group meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo we have the countermeasures in place? Yes. But for every measure and countermeasure that cycle never ends. And as fast as we get a countermeasure in place, the other side or a commercial vendor is going to invent something to overcome that. We can never rest easy on that. But what we have to do is get comfortable with operating in that environment with them flying around and it doesn\u2019t bring you to your knees, it doesn\u2019t scare you \u2026 You have to figure out how to operate in that environment. And we\u2019re doing that now in every single training environment. But \u2026 we\u2019re going to see a lot more [drones], not less,\u201d Berger added.<\/p>\n<p>The Defense Department is <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2022\/10\/12\/dod-intensifying-search-for-new-tech-to-defeat-kamikaze-drones\/\">accelerating its search<\/a> for new tech to counter kamikaze drones, also known as loitering munitions, and other UAS threats.<\/p>\n<p>Other weapons and equipment included in the Ukraine package announced on Friday include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS)<\/li>\n<li>80,000 155mm artillery rounds<\/li>\n<li>Counter-air defense capability<\/li>\n<li>High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) Ambulances and medical equipment<\/li>\n<li>Approximately 150 generators<\/li>\n<li>Field equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest batch of U.S. military aid for Ukraine includes additional technology to counter Russian unmanned aerial systems. 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