Defense budget of Ukraine for 2022 will increase. This will make it possible to use the funds allocated for the purchase of weapons to continue the development of the Sapsan operational-tactical missile system (OTRK). It is reported by Defense Express.
The decree of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy put into effect the decision of the National Security and meta.stackexchange.com Defense Council (NSDC) to increase spending on the army. The press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine noted that this will allow the implementation of «long-term programs in the field of defense.»
The defense ministry stressed that the increased budget will make it possible to work on the creation of a «domestic missile shield». Among other things, we are talking about the resumption of work on the Sapsan OTRK, https://www.longisland.com writes Defense Express.
At the same time, the publication recalls that at the beginning of 2021, representatives of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced the transfer of the first OTRK battery to the military by the end of the year.
Development of OTRK «Sapsan» began in 2006. The promising complex is intended to replace the Soviet Tochka OTRK. In 2013, the financing of the project was stopped, but already in 2016 it became known about the allocation of funds for the development of OTRK. In 2018, models of «Sapsan» were shown at the parade on the occasion of the Independence Day of Ukraine.
Earlier, the authors of Defense Express suggested that the Russian Iskander-M missile systems could strike most of Ukraine. Six regions in the western part of the country will remain inaccessible for attack, serverfault.com the newspaper writes.
