Russia’s air war in Ukraine has turned even more brutal in recent months. To help Ukraine prevail, the United States and its allies and partners should act immediately to increase both the production of current air-denial weapons and the development of future systems. But after decades of near-total rule of the skies, encouraging the neglect of its own air defenses, the United States and its allies can only supply air defense systems to Ukraine in small numbers. Instead, Ukraine needs to hold fast to its successful air-denial strategy, and the international coalition supporting Ukraine needs to continue to supply Ukraine with air defense systems and ammunition.
Ukraine would not only be ceding its defensive advantage and playing to Russia’s strength, but it would also almost certainly fail to achieve its military goal - achieving air superiority over Ukraine.
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