Ukraine repurposes US-supplied AIM-9s missiles for air defense

October 24, 2023

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Ukraine has successfully converted redundant U.S.-provided air-to-air AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles into surface-to-air missiles, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Oct. 24, citing an unnamed Ukrainian official.

“Those (AIM-9) missiles were out of operation,” the official said. “We fixed them. We found a way of launching them from the ground. It’s a kind of self-made air defense.”

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