The U.S. agreed to supply Ukraine with military radar
The United States will give Ukraine military radar system to counter-battery until the end of autumn, said the United States Ambassador to Ukraine Jeffrey Payette. "In the fall of the United States will give Ukraine military radar Q36 ", ? according to news Agency the words of United States Ambassador to Ukraine, he published in his own Twitter. According to Payette, the decision was made in the negotiations of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko with the Vice-President of the United States Joseph Biden. Yesterday Poroshenko also met with the President of the United States Barack Obama During the UN events. The President's press Secretary Svyatoslav Tsegolko said that " having a conversation leader Obama has noticed that the USA will continue to support Ukraine, which is implementing reforms and continues to seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict (in the Donbass) ". On Tuesday, the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov said about the fact that the national guard of Ukraine were armed with large-caliber sniper rifle "Barrett" of American manufacturing. In addition, according to him, the armament was also rocket-propelled explosive device DRTG-73. On 19 August the commander of the army of the United States in the European Union Lieutenant-General Ben Hodges in conversation the American media said that Ukrainian Soldiers effectively used the United States supplied military equipment such as counter-mortar radars. However, in July Authorized the Pentagon announced that the United States doubt the wisdom of sending to Ukraine of a new radar station, afterward as Kiev lost several issued United States antiminority systems. It was claimed that such systems were brought about 20, and they are either destroyed in the course of the fighting in the Donbass, or lost. Before the media reported that the Ministry of defense of the United States wishes to give Ukraine radar AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder and AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder. Remember, 3 radars AN/TPQ-48A LCMR in November 2014 was transferred to the Ministry of defense of Ukraine from the presence of the American army During the package of American military aid to Ukraine for a total amount of 118 million dollars. In January 2015 two of the transmitted radar LCMR is already out of order. And on the 19th of February there was a video showing one radar LCMR, captured by the militia in the debaltseve area after the retreat of the Ukrainian troops. On the boxes this radar has been applied serial number " 369 ", which corresponds to the number of one of the three stations, transferred to Ukraine in November. The mobile radar system of counter-Q36 is designed to detect and track artillery rounds and rocket launches, to provide counter battery fire.