The US-Made HAWK Missile System Could Fix Ukraine’s Air Defense

Wes O'Donnell
5 min readApr 12, 2024

Ukraine has an air defense problem.

They lack enough air defense systems to protect their vast territory.

Because of this, Ukrainian military leaders must often make the difficult choice between protecting forces along the front lines or protecting larger cities in the rear.

A launch of a HAWK missile. Public domain

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Wes O'Donnell

Army & Air Force Veteran | Global Security guy at War is Boring, GEN, OneZero | Intel Forecaster | Law Student | TEDx Speaker | Pro-Democracy | Pro-Human Rights