Area Defense Backbone
Ukraine Active
SAMP/T
Sol-Air Moyenne Portee / Terrestre
Long-range air and missile defense
System Status
Active
Updated 2026-03-14
Legacy SAMP/T (MAMBA) SAMP/T NG
Key Specifications
Range Reported
100+ km class (public legacy Aster 30 descriptions) Altitude Reported
Medium-high / lower-tier BMD class Radar Verified
Arabel (legacy); Ground Fire or Kronos Grand Mobile HP (NG) Interceptors
Aster 30 (legacy)Aster 30 B1 (NG)Aster 30 B1NT (NG)
Mobility Road-mobile
Operators Verified
France and Italy; Ukraine received a Franco-Italian battery Procurement & Transfer Activity
2024-07-11
U.S. DoD said allied support for Ukraine would include SAMP/T systems
Verified 2025-09
Denmark selected SAMP/T NG
Verified 2025-12
MBDA announced first SAMP/T NG systems to be delivered to France and Italy in early 2026
Verified Strengths
- + Europe's flagship long-range ground-based air-defense architecture
- + Real ballistic-missile-defense role, not just air-breathing threats
- + NATO integration and multi-layer evolution path in NG variant
Limitations
- - Smaller operator base than Patriot
- - Public technical documentation is less standardized than for Patriot/THAAD
- - Transition from legacy SAMP/T to NG complicates apples-to-apples comparisons
Manufacturer
Eurosam (MBDA France, MBDA Italy, Thales)
France / Italy
Ukraine Deployment
Franco-Italian SAMP/T battery provided to Ukraine; included in July 2024 U.S. DoD allied package
Sources
Evidence Labels
Verified Official manufacturer or government source
Reported Credible third-party or think-tank reporting
Unavailable Official sources do not publish this figure