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Transport. it would give them guns on the side, the same kind of rocket pods. what i think the pilots are talking about are more the attack helicopters like apaches or even cobras. those are extremely expensive, very technologically advanced. takes a whole lot of training and a whole lot of maintenance. but they fire precision weapons from the aircraft, and they can be tank killers from literally almost up to 12 kilometers away. >> the training on that, how long does that take? >> theres been ta...

But there is a time factor of a year and 18 months is what you are looking at. >> bush says that this the greatest ramp up of military production possibly going back to the korean war. >> early on, we realized that we had to put the foot to the floor. >> reporter: the goal is to produce two times of artillery rounds to 70,000, and twice as many javelin anti-tank missiles, and 30% more rocket launchers about 850 per month, and the precision weapons that ukraine is using to target ammo depots and ...

Claim the type of missile used in this strike, jim, was the same kind of missile that was used to strike a mall in cremenchuk last summer. seems the target was a facility at few hundred meters away that repairs military vehicles. obviously they did not hit their target, but this missile is not a precision one. it has accuracy only within a 500 meter radius or so. the russians have thousands of these missiles, though. so if theyre running through their more precision weapons, they can easily reso...

If you will. these kits that theyre going to send are fitted on to the bombs and they turn them into precision weapons. they are aimed at a target, the weapon flies to that target and hits it. that will give the ukrainians an advantage on the battlefield if theyre able to strike with more precision at russian targets inside of ukraine. these weapons will have about a 15 mile range. so that also will help keep ukrainian fighter jets out of the direct line of fire of russian anti-air weapons. that...

It may not be too complicated but will take a while to get it done so theyre watching with anticipation to see how soon the ukrainian air force can get these precision weapons in shape onto their aircraft and begin to fly more against those russian targets, especially with everybody digging in for a very cold ukraine winter. pamela. >> all right, barbara, we got to know before we let you go, today is your last day at cnn and you have been showered rightfully so with all the love from your collea...

Operate. and ukraine has been asking for this for quite some time to beef up their aerial defenses. it would offer them a long-range aerial defense on top of the medium range nasems and shorter range stingers. those are options that ukraine already has. thats why its such a significant announcement and moment, even if it will take a matter of time, weeks, perhaps even months for the training, not only on how to operate the system, but for the maintenance and logistics. jake, he will add that wer...

Classified briefing on how the ukrainians are using u.s. military support to stymie the russian advance. concern that the longer the war goes on, u.s. weapons stockpiles will be depleted. defense analysts have sounded the alarm. >> the problem is weve consumed so much supply in the first 10 months of the war, weve essentially used up 13 years worth of stinger production and five years worth of jaaf production. the question is how will we resupply, restock the inventories? >> reporter: high-end p...

Russia is making no apology for its current military tactic. heres moscows ambassador to the united nations. translation: to weaken and destroy the military . potential of our opponents, we are conducting strikes with precision weapons against energy and other infrastructure which is being used for the purpose of military supplies of western weapons to ukrainian units. lets get an idea of what life is like with power cuts in ukraine. 0ur correspondentjess parker is in kyiv — she sent this upda...

Of weapons over the next six months, year, maybe two years. who knows? it could be a long time. the reality is that when it comes to some of the key equipment — just take one example — the 155mm howitzers that have been given to ukraine — the us barely has any more to give, and it actually is struggling to replenish the ammunition, the shells for these guns. this is a reality which both ukraine and the united states have to wrestle with. this is a problem. for the last 20 years in iraq and...

Months, year, maybe two years. who knows? it could be a long time. the reality is that when it comes to some of the key equipment — just take one example — the 155mm howitzers that have been given to ukraine — the us barely has any more to give, and it actually is struggling to replenish the ammunition, the shells for these guns. this is a reality, which both ukraine and the united states have to wrestle with. this is a problem. for the last 20 years in iraq and afghanistan, it was a diffe...