As the Russo-Ukrainian war rages on, Ukraine is focused on both securing Western military assistance and expanding its own defense industry, including missile and drone technology, artillery, and electronic warfare systems.
The UK’s Taskforce Kindred spent 18 months and £6 million transforming a simple shipping container into a battlefield asset—one that launches Soviet-era missiles to counter Russian aerial threats.
Ukraine's Air Command East releases photos of Ukraine's modernized Buk-M1 systems, now integrated with US-supplied Sea Sparrow missiles, showing the upgraded 9A310M1 and 9A39 launchers.
Five hybrid FrankenSAM air defense systems, which pair Western missiles with Soviet launchers, are already operating in Ukraine. One that will use Patriot missiles to down ballistic targets is on the way.