The US government is looking for opportunities to increase the production of anti-tank missile systems, which have proven themselves in Ukraine.
US President Joe Biden will visit the Lockheed Martin plant in Alabama, which produces Javelin missile systems . According to a program released by the White House press service, the American leader will make a new statement on defense assistance to Ukraine. The speech of the President of the United States is scheduled for 22.00 Kyiv time.
“Tomorrow the president will travel to Troy, Alabama, to visit the Lockheed Martin plant, which makes weapons systems such as the Javelin anti-tank missiles that the Biden administration provides to Ukraine and Ukrainians because they have proved very effective. invasion, including to win the battle for Kyiv, “the announcement said.
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The military plant, which will be visited by the President of the United States, has released more than 50,000 Javelin missiles in the past 20 years, of which 13,000 in 2021 alone. Currently, industrial facilities allow to produce up to 2100 Javelins per year. But the US administration is looking for ways to increase production. After all, for the needs of Ukraine alone, since the beginning of the full-scale war on February 24, the United States has sent more than 5,500 anti-tank missile systems Javelin.
” with remarks on US security assistance, stressing the urgency of asking Congress to adopt funding quickly to help Ukraine continue to successfully resist Russian aggression and ensure that the United States and our allies can replenish their weapons to replace what has been sent to Ukraine “- the White House reports.
It will be recalled that as part of US military assistance, more than 70 M777 howitzers have already been delivered to Ukraine.
