It is a unilateral decision with concrete consequences. To preserve their ammunition actions, the United States has decided to suspend the deliveries of certain military teams to Ukraine. Among the materials cited in the US media are the batteries of the patriotic anti-Aeran missiles, but also the anti-scarle missile Hellfire AGM-114R.
Produced by the American giant Lockheed Martin since the 1980s, this 50 kg aerial missile has a range of 7 to 8 km. With the semi -active laser guide, it can be mounted in helicopters and combat planes, but also in drones. Hellfire has been designed to destroy objectives such as light or heavy armored vehicles, SUV, buildings, warships
The American industrialist delivered more than 100,000 to about twenty clients, including France, who integrated them into the Tiger had army attack helicopters and the MQ-9 reaper drones of the Air Force and space.
The United States was not the only suppliers from Hellfire to Ukraine: Norway had provided 160 units to Ukraine in 2022, while their actions would soon retire from active duty.
The suspension of infernal fire deliveries deprives the Ukrainian armed forces with a typing capacity, while the non -delivery of patriotic missiles hinders their abilities in terms of anti -aircraft defense.
What place for Europe?
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine in 2022, the United States has been the largest provider of military teams, a proportion that has reversed from the power of Donald Trump: European military aid now exceeds that of the United States.
The suspension of American deliveries could encourage European manufacturers to put into operation to compensate for Washington’s help, but this dynamic faces industrial capabilities and delivery times.
The European Hellfire for Air Platforms equivalent, the Akeron LP missile, is in development in MBDA: produced a first test test in early 2025.
German Rheinmetall has been associated with Lockheed Martin to produce missiles, and in particular patriots and infernal fire, in the European soil, but the implementation of the production site is not planned before 2026 and the export of these materials in any case will require US approval, by virtue of the itar regulation (international regulation in the regulation of arms), which regulates the export Americans or the integration of American manufacturing components.
Source: BFM TV
