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Biden Says Weapons Are On The Way to Ukraine. Here's the Full List of What's Coming

US President Joe Biden has just signed the long-awaited aid package for Ukraine. Moments later Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy thanked all Americans for their support. According to US Ministry of Defence, the military capabilities in President Biden’s announcement on Ukraine aid will include:

  • RIM-7 and AIM-9M missiles for air defense;

  • Stinger anti-aircraft missiles;

  • Small arms and additional rounds of small arms ammunition, including .50 caliber rounds to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS);

  • Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);

  • 155mm artillery rounds, including High Explosive and Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions rounds;

  • 105mm artillery rounds;  

  • 60mm mortar rounds;

  • Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles;

  • Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs);

  • High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs);

  • Logistics support vehicles;

  • Tactical vehicles to tow and haul equipment;

  • Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;

  • Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;

  • Precision aerial munitions; 

  • Airfield support equipment;

  • Anti-armor mines;

  • Claymore anti-personnel munitions;

  • Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing;

  • Night vision devices;

  • Spare parts, field equipment, training munitions, maintenance, and other ancillary equipment.

Apart from military aid, here’s what the full $61 billion aid package that Ukraine is set to receive imminently involves.

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