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22 Sep 2022, 20:28 GMT+10
The ?Proven by the war in Ukraine? stamp will help producers sell their arms, Kiev's deputy defense minister says
US defense companies should send their new weapons to Ukraine so they can be tested in actual combat against Russian forces, Kiev's deputy defense minister, Vladimir Gavrilov, has said.
Gavrilov made the suggestion during a speech before hundreds of American defense industry representatives and military acquisitions personnel at the Future Force Capabilities Conference and Exhibition in Austin, Texas on Wednesday.
"If you have some ideas, or some pilot projects to be tested before mass manufacturing, you can send it to us and we will explain how to do it. And in the end you will get the stamp, proved by the war in Ukraine. You will sell it easy," he said, as cited by the Military Times.
According to the deputy defense minister, startup companies, including those involved in anti-drone and anti-jamming equipment, have already brought new technologies to the Ukrainian battlefield.
"And they come back with a product that is competitive in the market now because it was tested in a combat zone," Gavrilov said, without revealing the companies that have worked with Ukraine in this capacity.
His comments were made on the day Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization, which he said is necessary because Russia has been fighting "the entire Western military machine" in Ukraine. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu later stated that around 300,000 reservists are planned to be called up.
In view of this shift in Russia's tactics, Kiev will require more counter-drone and electronic warfare technologies, armored vehicles, and long-range anti-tank and precision fire weapons, Gavrilov said.
Ukraine is now almost entirely dependent on weapons supplied by the US, UK, EU, and other nations, according to Shoigu, as most of the Soviet-made hardware it had before the fighting began in late February has been destroyed by Russian forces.
READ MORE: US ?teetering on brink? of being a party to Ukraine conflict ? Lavrov
Moscow has long criticized the West for delivering weapons to Kiev, saying it only prolongs the fighting and increases the risk of a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO. "The US, in fact, is teetering on the brink of turning into a party to the conflict" due to its polices, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned on Wednesday.
(RT.com)
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