The AFU for the first time showed on video a British anti-aircraft system based on a Supacat HMT truck and equipped with AIM-132 ASRAAM missiles
We have already written more than once that Ukraine received from the UK air defence systems based on the Supacat HMT truck. Now such an anti-aircraft installation for the first time appeared on video.
Here's What We Know
The video was published by the account @front_ukrainian on Twitter. On the video you can see the system with MBDA's AIM-132 ASRAAM missiles. It is known that the Armed Forces of Ukraine use such anti-aircraft systems to combat enemy drones. The system can hit aerial targets at a distance of up to 25 kilometres.
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- ????????Ukrainian Front (@front_ukrainian) February 8, 2024
By the way, information about Supacat HMT truck-based launchers first appeared in the summer of 2023. Such an air defence system was specially developed for Ukraine by British engineers.
Source: @front_ukrainian