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the prime minister says the uk will send more arms and equipment to further aid ukraine. today i can announce that the uk will send a further £100 million worth of high grade military equipment to ukraine s armed forces, including more star streak anti aircraft missiles, which fly at three times the speed of sound, another 800 anti tank missiles, and precision munitions capable of lingering in the sky until directed to their target. we will also send more helmets, night vision and body armour on top of the 200,000 pieces of non lethal military equipment the uk has already dispatched. but 0laf and i agree that our two countries and our allies must go further and provide more help to ukraine. the europe we knewjust six weeks ago no longer exists.
like this. it is a five-foot-long missile. its range is five miles. about the same as the starstreak. altitude up to 12,500 feet depending on which type of stinger you he s. this is a heat seeking anti-aircraft missile. the starstreak will definitely get the job done for the ukrainians. it will definitely get the job done? . absolutely would that mean more misses if it s not heat seeking? potentially, yes. there is some training that s required. but the amount of training is not as much as you would think for a weapon system that is actually quite sophisticated. . could i ask you, because there is a debate right now, should the u.s., should the west be engaged in a no-fly zone. u.s. says no. that would put them squarely in direct conflict, at war with russia.
missiles to ukraine. in response to the ukrainian request, the government has taken the decision to explore star streak anti-air missiles. it will remain within the definition of defensive weapons and allow the ukrainian forces to better defend their skies. so what are we talking about with these missiles? let s take a closer look with retired air force colonel cedric leighton. the starstreak, what is that? . it is a british miss hill, brianna, designed to be a man-portable anti-aircraft weapon. it is very high-speed, greater than mach 3, up to mach 4. it can be used on a variety of platforms from helicopters to land rovers and have a range of 4.3 miles. that compares to the stinger
delano roosevelt to your country and our allies in oil and food and weapons to face the nasties, do you see a similar nazis, to you i see a similar type of program happening now? can there be more brought in to ukraine, as much as possible? well, we were very grateful as a country for american assistance in world war ii, and that fundamentally cemented the special relationship. lend lease might be an option, but i don t know that we actually need to go down that road. what we re doing at the moment through various hubs is getting very serious defensive equipment into ukraine. we, the brits, have sent 4,000 anti-tank missiles, we re going to send something called star streak which is a very capable anti-air missile. the united states and other allies are doing likewise. quite how rewe arrange those programs might be something on people s minds, but the priority at the moment is to get the
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