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This morning, for example, a wave of Iranian-made drones appeared in the skies over the central Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, but Ukraine claimed to have knocked all of them out of the sky. “Today, the Ukrainian air defence took the terrorists down a peg by shooting down 13 out of 13 Shahed-136/131 drones,” the Ukrainian Defense Ministry tweeted.
“Patriot is an extremely complex and expensive system to operate. Each round of Patriot is between $3 [million] and $4 million apiece,” retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, a defense analyst with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Voice of America. The U.S. has no plans to deploy “NATO personnel” to Ukraine. The training of Ukrainian crews is expected to be done in Germany.Good Wednesday morning and welcome to Jamie McIntyre’s Daily on Defense, written and compiled by Washington Examiner National Security Senior Writer Jamie McIntyre and edited by Stacey Dec. Email here with tips, suggestions, calendar items, and anything else. Sign up or read current and back issues at DailyonDefense.com.
“I am pleased to confirm that Chairman Leahy, Chair DeLauro, and I have reached a bipartisan, bicameral framework that allows us to begin the difficult work of reaching agreement across twelve separate bills,” said Shelby in a statement. “If all goes well, we should be able to finish an omnibus appropriations package by December 23rd.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , who rejected Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s plea to hold off negotiating a deal with the Democrats until Republicans take control of the House in January, said the omnibus appropriation bill would be “broadly appealing.” Holding up a T-shirt emblazoned with a photo of Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, one of the 13 U.S. Marines killed during a terrorist bomb attack at the Abbey Gate of the Kabul airport, Hawley said Schmitz’s family and many Americans are waiting for answers.
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