French deal with Ukraine starts out with a whimper, not a bang

France has made a “big deal” with Ukraine that includes billions of Euros in Ukrainian purchases of French systems and licenses to produce a number of weapons including SCALP/Storm Shadow, a long range cruise missile, Aster 30 interceptors for the SAMP/T NG air defense system (which Ukraine will purchase), and the AASM glide Bomb kit. [...] The post French deal with Ukraine starts out with a whimper, not a bang appeared first on Asia Times .
2026-07-15 00:58:58