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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe money released for aid included anti tank missles however,
... wasn't there a condition applied? That the anti tank missiles couldn't be used on the front lines. Also, Obama gave more than they're saying?
napi21
(45,806 posts)had at least one caveat, that they can't be used against the Russians. I eep wondering why this is never mentioned during these investigations.
librechik
(30,673 posts)Who said this? Thx in advance
napi21
(45,806 posts)But while there is evidence that the Javelin sale has been a powerful gesture of support for Kyiv, the missiles military application has been far more limited. Under the conditions of the foreign military sale, the Trump administration stipulates that the Javelins must be stored in western Ukrainehundreds of miles from the battlefield.
I see these more as symbolic weapons than anything else, said Samuel Charap, a senior political scientist at Rand Corp. Experts say the conditions of the sale render them useless in the event of a sustained low-level assaultthe kind of attack Ukraine is most likely to face from Russia.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/03/far-from-the-front-lines-javelin-missiles-go-unused-in-ukraine/
librechik
(30,673 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)I believe that the aid would have given the Russians pause - at least. The Russians would never know if they were really using them or not.