Despite the advanced age of the equipment and its limited tactical and technical characteristics, we find opportunities for ...

SAM stands for surface-to-air missile. The hybrid weapons, made with US support, combine Western armaments with aged Soviet equipment from the Ukraine stockpile. Ukraine is in urgent need of ...

Briefing Ukrainian Arms 2024. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Ukraine It is known that the FrankenSAM programme (a combination of the words Frankenstein and SAM, which means surface-to-air missile ...

To meet the demand, the U.S. is producing so-called FrankenSAM systems that marry advanced Western weaponry with Soviet-era items still in Ukrainian stockpiles. By Lara Jakes Reporting from ...

SAM stands for surface-to-air missile. The hybrid weapons, made with US support, combine Western armaments with aged Soviet equipment from the Ukraine stockpile. Ukraine is in urgent need of stronger ...