Ukraine’s FrankenBuk air defense system combines Soviet Buk-M1 with Western Sea Sparrow missiles
This modification allows Ukraine to maintain defensive capabilities while shifting away from diminishing Soviet-era missile stocks.
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Greece to send 24 aging Sea Sparrow missiles for Ukraine’s air defense
Ukraine will integrate the American-made missiles into its existing air defense systems, where engineers have successfully adapted Soviet-era Buk-M1 platforms to fire Western ammunition.
Ukrainian troops receive upgraded Buk-M1 air defense systems, using American RIM-7 missiles
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.