 First, Italian-French S.A.M.P.T. air defence system is already in Ukraine. Ukraine has received the first Italian-French S.A.M.P.T. anti-aircraft missile system, which is a long-range air defence system. Italian news outlet La Stampa announced it. An Italian-French anti-aircraft missile system has arrived in Ukraine and 20 local specialists will be engaged in its maintenance. The S.A.M.P.T. anti-missile defence system is designed to protect the battlefield and important targets from cruise missiles, manned and unmanned aerial vehicles and tactical ballistic missiles. S.A.M.P.T. can destroy hostile aircraft at ranges from 3 km to 100 km and ballistic missiles at ranges from 3 km to 25 km with a height of up to 25 km. S.A.M.P.T. was developed by the European consortium EuroSAM, MBDA Italy, MBDA France and FAILS. The weight of its warhead is 20 kg with a launch weight of 450 kg. The system is in service in Italy, France and Singapore.