Ukraine has its own developed medium-range air defense systems, they are now being tested, the deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada committee on national security, defense and intelligence, MP Yegor Chernev said on air of a nationwide telethon.
“We have air defense systems. The newest ones. They are now medium-range. This is certainly not an analog of Patriot, SAMP-T or IRIS-T, I think they are close to HAWK, or such medium-range systems that are Ukrainian-made and Ukrainian-designed,” Chernev stressed.
According to him, the developments “are being tested now, and quite successfully.”
“The missiles have already been developed,” the deputy added.
As for the efforts of the country’s military-industrial complex to manufacture ammunition, the MP said that the maximum resources are attracted to increase production.
“It is produced not only by the state, there are private contractors who … partially produce hulls to mines or something else, but we will engage as much as possible all the resources to increase here this shell program. And the shell, which is produced in Ukraine, is three times cheaper than what we buy in other countries, for example, 122 or 152 shells,” Chernev emphasized.
