Belgium to hand over sea Sparrow missiles to Ukraine the Belgian Ministry of Defense bought sea Sparrow missiles from Germany Belgian newspaper leco said with reference to the office of Belgian Defense Minister Louis Divine de donda according to the publication in total Belgium bought 14 missiles eight of which will be transferred to Ukraine while the delivery represents a relatively light form of
military aid it illustrates the complementary nature of Belgian support according to leco's sources in the defense Ministry the missiles could be recycled into surface-to-air missiles or used to equip drones leco added in addition the Belgian Council of ministers confirmed that a decision on a new supply of equipment for the Ukrainian forces worth over 150 000 Euros in addition to the Sea Sparrow missiles this Aid package is planned to include 3200 FN fnc magazines and about 50 Bangalore law tubes explosive
devices designed to penetrate barbed wire in ground defenses by infantry in January Politico reported that sea sparrows were to be included in a U.S military aid package and that the Ukrainian military had found a way to modify its Soviet era buk launchers to fire them earlier in the summer Belgium announced plans to send refurbished m113 armored vehicles to Ukraine together with the Netherlands and Luxembourg all three countries are also part of a new International Coalition to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets announced at the NATO Summit in Vilnius in July.
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