British analysts decided to examine in detail the government’s promises to transfer anti-ship missiles to Ukraine and came to contradictory conclusions.
Assumptions that one of the leading naval powers has an outstanding stockpile of such weapons have no real basis – experts believe, noting that at most in this case we can only talk about a small stock of obsolete Harpoon, the terms of operation of which, in theory, expired back in 2018.
“The current stockpiles of weapons are mostly expired”, – the authors of Navy Lookout are quoted by PolitNavigator as saying
In addition, the issue of supplying missiles to Ukraine, entails a raft of major challenges: such as finding a mobile deployment platform, for example, as well as a serious reprogramming of the combat system. Experts are now openly dubious about the successful resolution of these issues.
Speaking about other anti-ship systems, such as the low-powered Sea Venom, for example, analysts emphasize the practical impossibility of attacking the Russian fleet with helicopters.
“Integrating the Sea Venom with Ukraine’s remaining attack helicopters would be an extremely difficult task”, – the publication writes.
Thus, the possibility of supplying Harpoon to Ukraine is dismissed by experts already from the shore, noting that today Britain is simply unable to provide “non-independent” support in the form of effective anti-ship weapons.
It should be recalled that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson generously promised to help Ukraine, which is always begging for armoured vehicles and anti-ship missile systems.
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