Ukrainian Air Force on unique air defence experience: barely had time to reload NASAMS

Ukrainian air defence specialists have "perfectly" mastered use of the NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems which they skillfully used to destroy Iranian-made kamikaze drones on the night of 31 December, 2022.

Source: Yurii Ihnat, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Force, on air during the 24/7 national joint newscast

Quote: "We see that the sky has really been under reliable protection. I would also like to note the help of our partners. There should be some kind of sign or signal for them, because our servicemen barely had time to reload the NASAMS. We fired from it as if from artillery.

Probably no one has experience such as this in using this missile system, namely reloading the system and destroying air targets during combat. This suggests that we simply do not have enough of them... we have missiles, but we need more missile systems.

This is another signal to our partners as to how skillfully and effectively under such combat conditions our specialists, who had been trained only a few weeks ago, can use foreign-made military equipment."

Details: Ihnat confirmed that all of the 45 Russian kamikaze drones launched on Ukraine on New Year's Eve had been destroyed by air defence units.

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