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US not Keen on Arming UKARINE with —Adequate Ballistic Missiles Supply…

According to an article published on UK (ft) financial time and corroborating reports from many Washington & Pentagon Sources it has revealed that United States and leading NATO member States are not keen or interested in providing Ukraine with uninterrupted supply of tactical ballistic missiles.

Many critics within the report have claimed such weapons may not have or possess the intended objective of turning the tide against Russia. And also within the American prospective they are quite worried such supply could backfire at the United States itself in the long run.

In the most simplest context the article reveals the United States does not manufacture the type of ballistic missiles that Ukraine is requesting. And further Senior US military sources are not on the same page with the Ukraine military analysts in regards to such weaponry will have a decisive outcome on the conflict. Neither form long run nor short run prospective.

Article claims the most  worrying aspect of the scenario is that through these missiles, if indeed Russians do start to lose and start to suffer, that could unintentionally escalate the conflict further beyond onto the borders of Western Ukraine and into NATO member state countries.

A prominent senior political scientist named Samuel Charap, of the Rand Corporation has said to the media that “Ukraine’s intentions of getting the hands on such a long range weaponry is not gonna have as much of an effect as having a magic wand”.

Mr. Samuel Charap further revealed Currently occupied Ukraine land is embedded with so many minefields and entrenched Russian defensive and offensive weaponry. Considering such a scenario, long range tactical missiles have a little room in making decisive change within  such a battlefield.

Article further revealed that there is also the looming prospect of the 2024 Presidential election, and if indeed a Republican candidate does get elected there is a  more than a possibility that military hardware support provided to Ukraine will indeed come to an end. If not, we might completely withdraw its support for Ukraine and  NATO all together. This is also a very  worrying aspect especially if former President Donald Trump does indeed get elected, where he has repeatedly said he will indeed end the war and withdraw American military support for  Ukraine immediately. 

Situation of the looming uncertainty regarding long range missile supply for Ukraine is not confined to the United States alone as a supplier, presently Germany is also providing Ukraine with long range missiles, but the German government is facing a huge backlash against this move. Where almost half of the population opposes  military hardware support for Ukraine while only 36% actually support the fact of Ukraine being provided with long range weaponry, fearing Germany could get dragged into a war with the Russians.

Within the German military arsenal they do possess a long range missile named Taurus which has a capability of capability of 500 miles. But so far Germany had refused to provide Ukraine with these missiles.

In fact the only country that provided Ukraine with a capable long range missile is the United Kingdom with its Storm Shadow missiles. But these supplies  were heavily Limited only a handful of missiles. and overall had a very little effect on changing the tide of the war. France however did indeed provide Ukraine with its very own version of the storm Shadow missile named as SCALP.

Moscow has repeatedly warned every Western Nation supplying Ukraine with sophisticated  weaponry, because by doing so they are  prolonging the war even further, and also they are directly engaging in funding a proxy war against the Russian federation.

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