France stepping up on anti-ballistic systems for Ukraine is the most concrete European air defense commitment since Germany's IRIS-T deliveries in 2023. Zelensky confirmed it after a call with Macron, and the timing matters: Russia has been cycling ballistic missiles through Ukrainian airspace at a pace that existing Patriot batteries can't fully absorb. Paris has the SAMP/T Mamba system already deployed with Ukraine, and this suggests deeper co-development, not just more hardware transfers.
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