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FrankenSAM Worked So Well in Ukraine, US Wants it for Base Defense
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FrankenSAM Worked So Well in Ukraine, US Wants it for Base Defense

Chalk this one up to another example of how the Ukraine War is changing US defense policy.

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One of the first official photos to show a Soviet-era ground-based air defense system upgraded with Western surface-to-air missiles under the FrankenSAM program. Shown here, a Buk-M1 system — NATO designation SA-11 Gadfly — is said to have been adapted to fire the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile. Courtesy Ukrainian Ministry of Defense

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