Yesterday, the Pentagon offered an updated list of everything the U.S. has sent to Ukraine for its military efforts to defend itself. It is a long list, laid out in detail below.
It all adds up to more than $36.1 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden administration, with almost all of that coming after the start of the Russian invasion in late February 2022.
It is worth noting that for some weapons systems, there is a considerable lag between when the U.S. announces the transfer of the system and when that system is actually deployed. The Pentagon announced it would send a Patriot missile battery to help Ukraine’s air defenses back on December 21. The Patriot missiles just arrived this week. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov first asked for Patriot systems when visiting the U.S. in August 2021, about half a year before Russia invaded. The Pentagon’s list mentions 31 Abrams tanks, but those tanks are not expected to arrive until autumn at the earliest.
United States security assistance committed to Ukraine includes:
• Over 1,600 Stinger anti-aircraft systems;
• Over 10,000 Javelin anti-armor systems;
• Over 59,000 other anti-armor systems and munitions;
• 160 155mm Howitzers and over 1,500,000 155mm artillery rounds;
• Over 7,000 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds;
• Over 14,000 155mm rounds of Remote Anti-Armor Mine (RAAM) Systems;
• 100,000 rounds of 125mm tank ammunition;
• Over 50,000 152mm artillery rounds;
• Approximately 40,000 130mm artillery rounds;
• 40,000 122mm artillery rounds;
• 60,000 122mm GRAD rockets;
• 72 105mm Howitzers and over 450,000 105mm artillery rounds;
• Over 300 tactical vehicles to tow weapons;
• 54 tactical vehicles to recover equipment;
• 30 ammunition support vehicles;
• 14 armored bridging systems;
• 38 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and ammunition;
• 47 120mm mortar systems;
• 10 82mm mortar systems;
• 67 81mm mortar systems;
• 58 60mm mortar systems;
• Over 345,000 mortar rounds;
• Over 3,000 Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
• Over 1,800,000 rounds of 25mm ammunition;
• Rocket launchers and ammunition;
• Precision-guided rockets;
• 10 command post vehicles;
• One Patriot air defense battery and munitions;
• Eight National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) and munitions;
• Two HAWK air defense firing units and munitions;
• RIM-7 missiles for air defense;
• 12 Avenger air defense systems;
• Nine c-UAS gun trucks;
• 10 mobile c-UAS laser-guided rocket systems;
• Anti-aircraft guns and ammunition;
• Equipment to integrate Western air defense launchers, missiles, and radars with Ukraine’s air defense systems;
• Equipment to sustain Ukraine’s existing air defense capabilities;
• High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
• Precision aerial munitions;
• 4,000 Zuni aircraft rockets;
• 20 Mi-17 helicopters;
• 31 Abrams tanks;
• 45 T-72B tanks;
• 120mm and 105mm tank ammunition;
• 109 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles;
• Four Bradley Fire Support Team vehicles;
• Over 2,000 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs);
• Over 100 light tactical vehicles;
• 60 trucks and 108 trailers to transport heavy equipment;
• Eight logistics support vehicles;
• 89 heavy fuel tankers and 105 fuel trailers;
• 90 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers;
• 300 M113 Armored Personnel Carriers;
• 250 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles;
• Over 500 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs);
• Six armored utility trucks;
• Mine clearing equipment;
• Over 35,000 grenade launchers and small arms;
• Over 200,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition;
• Over 100,000 sets of body armor and helmets;
• Switchblade Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS);
• Phoenix Ghost UAS;
• CyberLux K8 UAS;
• Altius-600 UAS;
• Jump-20 UAS;
• Puma UAS;
• Scan Eagle UAS;
• Two radars for UAS;
• Laser-guided rocket systems and munitions;
• Unmanned Coastal Defense Vessels;
• Over 70 counter-artillery and counter-mortar radars;
• 20 multi-mission radars;
• Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems and equipment;
• Counter air defense capability;
• 21 air surveillance radars;
• Two Harpoon coastal defense systems;
• 62 coastal and riverine patrol boats;
• Port and harbor security equipment;
• M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel munitions;
• Anti-tank mines;
• C-4 explosives, demolition munitions, and demolition equipment for obstacle clearing;
• Obstacle emplacement equipment;
• Tactical secure communications systems and support equipment;
• Four satellite communications antennas;
• SATCOM terminals and services;
• Thousands of night vision devices, surveillance systems, thermal imagery systems, optics, and laser rangefinders;
• Commercial satellite imagery services;
• Explosive ordnance disposal equipment and protective gear;
• Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment; • 100 armored medical treatment vehicles;
• Medical supplies to include first aid kits, bandages, monitors, and other equipment;
• Electronic jamming equipment;
• Field equipment, cold weather gear, generators, and spare parts;
• Funding for training, maintenance, and sustainment.
This is such an extensive list, it is a little surprising that President Biden believes that there are certain weapons that the Ukrainians don’t need. As of a month ago, President Biden still believed that Ukraine doesn’t need F-16 fighter jets.
“You don’t think he needs F-16s now?” Muir asked in an exclusive interview at the White House Friday.
“No, he doesn’t need F-16s now,” Biden responded.
Asked by Muir if that meant “never,” Biden said there was no way to know exactly what the Ukrainian defense would require in the future, but that “there is no basis upon which there is a rationale, according to our military now, to provide F-16s.”
“I am ruling it out for now,” Biden said.