Ukraine gets a new HAWK, raising the stakes for Russian aircraft

“Raising the stakes”

What utter nonsense! The Russians, out of the blue, deploy an entirely new and totally invincible class of intermediate range conventional and nuclear MIRV enhanced weapons and we trot out Curtis LeMay’s finest air defense.

Madness!

utilized to intercept Russian cruise missiles and Shahed drones.

Ukraine seems to be volunteering for more ICBMs with MIRVs.

They are not ICBMs, but IRBMs - there are only 9 remaining of that type.

No weapon system is invincible. Maybe superior for awhile.

As a kid I bought and built a model of the first hawk system.

Despite their age, these systems remain highly effective,

Meanwhile most of Ukraine looks like Dresden.

Putin depends on a high oil prices to fund his war. Trump should take the price of oil so low that it is impossible for Putin can continue his war. Trump should ship so much to Europe, India that they don’t want or need Russia.

https://techinquiry.org/?entity=raytheon%20mim-23%20hawk&guard=#:~:text=The%20cost%20per%20missile%20is,per%20battery%2C%20%2430%20million.%22

“Basic HAWK was developed in the 1950s and initially fielded in 1960. The system has been upgraded through a series of product improvements beginning with the Improved HAWK in 1970. The Phase III product improvement and the latest missile modification were first fielded in the early 1990s to the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). Two missile modifications have extended the missile’s field life and added electronic counter-countermeasures to defeat special threats. Development was completed on HAWK mobility, the latest system improvement, and it was produced for the USMC and Sweden. The U.S. Army National Guard (ARNG) as well as 20 allied nations, including NATO and several countries in both Southwest Asia and Southeast Asia, were also equipped with the HAWK system. Prime contractor for this system is the Raytheon Company. The cost per missile is $250,000; per fire unit, $15 million; and per battery, $30 million.”

Putin depends on a high oil prices to fund his war. Trump should take the price of oil so low that it is impossible for Putin can continue his war. Trump should ship so much to Europe, India that they don’t want or need Russia.

Trump will make peace and stop the killing. Your suggestions are unnecessary to that process.

Fun facts: We called the HAWK system ‘Holiday and Weekend Killers’ or ‘Husband and Wife Killers’. It was a very hard system to maintain and operate by the best US ADA soldiers. Good luck keeping them in operation...

Prime contractor for this system is the Raytheon Company. The cost per missile is $250,000; per fire unit, $15 million; and per battery, $30 million.

"Bah! Is chumpskyy change even with ten percent to velykyy lyudyna!!!"

As an E5 MotorSgt in a HAWK GS/GM unit I had the Commander stand me at attention and tell me “I don’t care if none of my trucks run as long as my missiles fly!” To which I replied “If you’re shooting down MIGs over El Paso International Airport you’ve already lost the war.” Probably the closest I ever came to a Court Martial.

Why are you trying to kill American toddlers?