# America to send missiles to get Ukraine grain?  

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**Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\
**Created:** [May 20, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/america-to-send-missiles-to-get-ukraine-grain/68879 "2022-05-20T14:26:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![desertdaveataol](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/desertdaveataol/32/1421_2.png) [@desertdaveataol](https://discussion.fool.com/u/desertdaveataol)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/america-to-send-missiles-to-get-ukraine-grain/68879/1 "2022-05-20T14:26:01Z")

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American anti-ship missiles could help avert global food shortage by breaking Russian blockade of Ukrainian grain

Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports means vital grain exports all-but stopped

UN warns tens of millions face famine if the trade cannot be restarted soon

America is working on a plan to send long-range anti-ship missiles to Ukraine

It is hoped missiles will force Russian ships to move away, breaking the blockade

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America is working on a plan to send long-range anti-ship missiles to Ukraine to break a blockade of the country’s ports and fend off an impending food crisis.

The White House wants to send Harpoon and Naval Strike Missiles - some of which can range up to 345 miles - to Kyiv so they can be deployed on the Black Sea.

The hope is the missiles would present enough of a threat to Russia’s warships that they would pull back from Ukraine’s ports, allowing vital grain shipments to resume.

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[https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/05/20/15/58071367-10834327…](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/05/20/15/58071367-10834327-image-a-74_1653055951746.jpg)  
(Caption) America could send long-range anti-ship missiles such as the Harpoon or Naval Strike Missile (pictured) to Ukraine to break a Russia blockade of its ports

[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10834327/U-S-aims-a…](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10834327/U-S-aims-arm-Ukraine-advanced-anti-ship-missiles-fight-Russian-blockade.html)

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**Author:** ![jerryab2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/jerryab2/32/3274_2.png) [@jerryab2](https://discussion.fool.com/u/jerryab2)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/america-to-send-missiles-to-get-ukraine-grain/68879/2 "2022-05-20T15:40:59Z")

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A blockade is irrelevant if the port loading facilities are destroyed.

A few missiles hitting Moscow and St Petersburg, now THAT is a signal Putin won’t be able to ignore.

Stir up a few of the other areas that also want independence from Moscow. Have them declare their independence. It could easily become a full scale internal civil war–and then Ukraine suddenly won’t matter.