Until now, France has been silent about the contents of its military cargo. But Emmanuel Macron detailed arms deliveries to Kiev this Friday.
Unlike many Western allies, France was silent about the contents of its military supplies to Kiev. Barely hired to send fuel and “defensive armamentie helmets, body armor, mine clearance and medical equipment. Contacted several times in the past few weeks Le Figarothe Ministry of the Armed Forces would not explain his silence.
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But in an interview at West France , Emmanuel Macron unveiled this Friday the shipment of Milanese anti-tank missiles and Caesar self-propelled guns. As for the former, it’s not really news as far as insurgent deputy Alexis Corbière, a member of the National Assembly’s Defense and Armed Forces Committee, has already accepted the offer of “some anti-tank missiles‘, which was blamed on him by the majority. The newspaper The world had confirmed this information, referring to the delivery of “a few dozenof Milan missiles. Referring to French aid worth a total of EUR 120 million, Opinion clarified that France also offered Javelin anti-tank missiles and Mistral anti-aircraft missiles for very close range.
On the other hand, the supply of Caesar rifles had not been leaked until now. Deployed with formidable efficiency in Iraq against the Islamic State as well as in Mali, these self-propelled cannons can launch 155mm grenades 40 kilometers away at a rate of six to eight rounds per minute. The candidate for president has not specified the extent of this delivery. We only know that France wants to acquire 109 Caesars by 2025. According to West France 12 guns would be taken from army stocks for commissioning”the beginning of may†
The Ministry of the Armed Forces recently evolved at its discretion, revealing in an April 15 press release that “protective equipment, optical equipment, armaments and ammunition, as well as weapon systems“. For Ukraine, the receipt of such heavy weapons could weigh heavily in its fight against the Russian invader. Indeed, for several weeks, Westerners have been assuming that new equipment, such as armored vehicles, will be sent. On Tuesday, John Kirby, spokesman for the Pentagon, to that the supply of spare parts for fighter aircraft†
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US $800 Million Aid Decided By Joe Biden enables the delivery of 72 howitzers and their vehicles, 144,000 grenades, and 121 Phoenix Ghost assassin drones. It complements 11 Mi-17 helicopters, 10 AN/TPQ36 mobile anti-artillery radars and two AN/MPQ64 Sentinel anti-aircraft radars. 500 Javelin anti-tank missiles, thousands of other anti-tank systems, 200 M113 armored personnel carriers, 100 Humvee light armored vehicles, 300 Switchblade kamikaze drones and equipment for protection against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons already planned by Washington.
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for the new onesbattle of Donbassthese new weapons could play a vital role. †It is almost a second war that will start for Ukraine”, recently warned Joseph Henrotin, editor-in-chief of the magazine Defense and International Security (DSI), in a recent decryption by Figaro† †To be army has become stronger in morale, in determination, but also in equipment, supplied by the west or taken from the russianshe continued.
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