Surge in U.S. military aid to Ukraine

The U.S. has pledged a further $800 million in military aid to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia


18 155mm towed howitzers, with 40,000 artillery rounds
  
10 AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder mobile radar systems – used to locate hostile mortar, artillery and rocket fire
  
11 Russian-designed Mi-17 “Hip” helicopters, originally purchased by U.S. for now-defunct Afghan air force

500 Javelin anti-armour missiles

300 additional Switchblade aerial drones, used to strike targets by crashing into them

Two AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel air surveillance radars

Unspecified number of unmanned coastal defence vessels

100 armoured Humvees

200 M113 armoured personnel carriers (above)
  
Protective equipment against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) contaminants
     
30,000 sets of body armour and helmets
  
More than 2,000 optics and laser rangefinders
    
C-4 explosives and demolition equipment for mine clearing
    
Claymore anti-personnel mines
    

Sources: Reuters, The Drive 
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