Ukrainian MiG-29s Are Firing AGM-88 Anti-Radiation Missiles
The Pentagon has now officially confirmed that it has transferred AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles, or HARMs, to the Ukrainian Air Force. This comes nearly two weeks after U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl had confirmed the delivery of unspecified anti-radiation missiles to Ukraine's armed forces. The evidence of HARM usage in Ukraine had first appeared on social media just days before Kahl's comments, and more had subsequently emerged online.
In addition, a senior U.S. defense official, speaking to The War Zone and other outlets today, disclosed that the Ukrainians integrated these missiles, with American assistance, onto their "MiG aircraft." The only MiGs that are currently in service in Ukraine are its MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets.
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Anti-radiation missiles like the AGM-88 are primarily designed to home in on enemy signal emitters, especially air defense radars, including those directly associated with surface-to-air missile systems, and neutralize them.
The press call with the senior U.S. defense official was centered on details about a new U.S. military aid package for Ukraine, which is valued at up to $775 million. In addition to the HARMs, it includes 227mm GMLRS precision-guided artillery rockets for use with U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and variants of the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) provided by other Western countries, TOW and Javelin anti-tank missiles, 105mm M119 howitzers and ammunition for them, ammunition for the 84mm Garl Gustav family of shoulder-fired launchers, Scan Eagle drones, MaxxPro mine-resistant vehicles with mine rollers, and up-armored Humvees, among other things. This is the first time the Pentagon has publicly acknowledged transfers of TOWs, M119s, Scan Eagles, and MaxxPros to Ukraine.
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