Removing sensitive equipment allowed the Pentagon to get antiaircraft missiles delivered to Kyiv, but the delay points to larger lessons in sending arms to Ukraine
Taking out classified gear enabled the military to send the antiaircraft missiles after the Russian invasion
Civilians fled the city of Sumy as Ukraine and Russia agreed on a limited cease-fire there; residents said soldiers ransacked their homes in Irpin; Ukrainian President Zelensky posted defiant video messages. Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Imagesmassed at the border of Ukraine, U.S. lawmakers pressed the Pentagon on why the Biden administration wasn’t sending Stinger antiaircraft missiles to help Kyiv. The option wasn’t available, they were told, because the weapons in the U.S. inventory contained classified equipment.
Months later, the Pentagon came up with a solution to the problem. By removing several screws, the military was able to withdraw a sensitive item from the missile’s hand-held launcher, opening the way to sending the weapons from U.S. stocks.
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