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Alan Armstrong: “The jet powered Shahid drones are faster than the interceptors that they had built themselves.”

Featuring: Alan Armstrong, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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They have really other than our, the limited amount of interceptors that they have from us, which is not near enough to defend themselves. They really don't have much in a way of defending themselves against ballistic missiles and what are now The jet powered Shahid drones are faster than the interceptors that they had built themselves. to defend themselves against the typical propeller driven drones. So I think, you know, it was really, they are really, it's really having an impact on people's psyche there to just constantly be under that kind of pressure. (05:23–05:41)

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Asserts that Ukraine's interceptors are ineffective against faster jet-powered Shahid drones.

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