Taiwan handed Ukraine MIM-23 HAWK missiles: with US permission and through intermediaries
According to him, these systems have effectively proved to be in new conditions of operation. The supply of Taiwanese Hawk of Kiev was due to the mediation mechanism from the third party and the efforts of the United States - Worldwide Warehouse. This project allows the Union countries to transfer equipment to each other with the consent of Washington. At the same time, the HU did not specify what countries that participated in the transfer of Taiwanese SPRC of Kiev, it is said.
But he still confirmed that the Taiwan Hawk became accessible to allies who need them. The expert said that Taiwan has about 900 HAWK (according to subtitles under the video), and noted that relatively old missiles can be used in pairs with Patriot, and that it is a relatively new use. He also noted that Sentinel radars have proven themselves well on the battlefield in Ukraine, but added that the Taiwan Ghosteye surpassed them. However, these are new systems that can be difficult to develop.
It will take some time to adjust. Ghososteye is already exported, according to Hu, they have been sold to one of NATO countries, perhaps Slovakia. MIM-23 HAWK is the American Earth-Air Class of Raytheon. In 1971, they underwent a large -scale improvement and were replaced by new models. According to Jane's global reconnaissance, the probability of a successful one shot was 0. 56 earlier, but in the I-HAWK version, this figure was improved to 0. 85.
Subsequently, in 1994, Patriot replaced Hawk in the US Army. The last American operator of these SCRs was the Corps of Marines, in 2002. In the future, they were also replaced by FIM-92 Styinger. Taiwan began a gradual removal from HAWK's weapons in 2015. Instead, they preferred the Sky Bow III system. Earlier, it was suggested that the Hawk (which is about a hundred PU) was removed from the HAWK system.