JAKARTA - The United States announced on Wednesday it will send a new military aid package to Ukraine worth US$300 million or around IDR 4376.400.000.000.
The figure includes the first time Washington will deliver the Hydra-70 short-range rocket. The rockets, which were launched from the air to targets on the ground, were drawn from surplus US stockpiles.
The security assistance package will be the 37th approved by the United States for Ukraine since Russia invaded the neighboring country in February 2022, with a total value of USD 35.7 billion.
"The United States and our allies and partners will stand by Ukraine, for as long as necessary," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement announcing the aid package, cited from Reuters, May 4.
The rockets, ammunition, and 155mm howitzer included in the package will help Ukraine weaken Russian ground positions to advance Ukrainian ground forces when, Kyiv plans a spring offensive.
The package also includes AT-4 and Carl Gustaf anti-tank weapon systems, TOW anti-tank missiles, several sizes of mortars, and High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) ammunition.
Crusher equipment and trucks are also part of the package as well as diagnostic equipment to maintain the vehicles.
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The package will be funded using the Presidential Withdrawal Authority, which authorizes the US President to transfer goods and services from the US stockpile without congressional approval during a state of emergency.
It is known, Hydra-70 is an uncontrolled rocket launched from the air made by General Dynamics Corp (GD.N). These rockets are usually launched from capsules mounted on planes or helicopters to provide support for ground troops.
Meanwhile, fighter jets and helicopters that can launch these rockets include the UH-60 Black Hawk, AH-1 Cobra and its variants, AH-64 Apache and its variants, Eurocopter Tuger, T-129 ATAK, A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-16 up to F/A 18 Hornet.
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