$138m contract: US approves sale of equipment to Ukraine for repair and modernisation of MIM-23 Hawk SAMs

The US Department of State has approved the sale of equipment for MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missile systems to Ukraine.

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The information appeared on the website of DSCA (Defence Security Cooperation Agency). The contract is worth $138 million. This money will be used to transfer equipment to Ukraine to support and modernise the systems. By the way, the transfer of equipment will take place under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme.

Flashback

MIM-23 Hawk is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile system. It was developed between 1954 and 1960 by Raytheon. In 1960 it was adopted into service and since then has received many modifications and improvements. The US Army stopped operating the MIM-23 Hawk in 2002. In total, more than 40,000 SAMs were produced. The MIM-23 Hawk is capable of intercepting missiles and aircraft. The probability of hitting the target is 85% (in the I-Hawk modification). The maximum range of the complex is 50 kilometres. Ukraine has been using the MIM-23 Hawk since the beginning of the full-scale war with Russia.

Source: DSCA