What Is FrankenSAM? Ukraine Reports First Successful Use of New Weapon
The FrankenSAM systems are made up of Soviet-era launchers that have been modified to fire modern, Western-made missiles.
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The FrankenSAM systems are made up of Soviet-era launchers that have been modified to fire modern, Western-made missiles.
Europe News: Ukraine successfully deploys their FrankenSAM air defense systems to counter a Russian offensive. The FrankenSAM systems are a fusion of Ukraine's Soviet-era assets and missiles supplied by Western nations. This marks the first instance of Kyiv publicly acknowledging the effective use of FrankenSAM systems.
Informally dubbed FrankenSAM, the U.S.-Ukrainian joint project of integrating Soviet-era SAM launchers with Western-made anti-air missiles has achieved considerable success, Mykola Sunhurovskyi, head of military research programs at Razumkov Center, told NV earlier in November.
Ukraine's Air Force said they'd successfully used US missiles in Soviet Buk-M1 anti-aircraft systems, the latest unconventional weapons combination.
Ukraine's Air Force said they'd successfully used US missiles in Soviet Buk-M1 anti-aircraft systems, the latest unconventional weapons combination.