France will deliver an unspecified number of air defense missiles, as well as additional military aid, over the coming days and weeks, Reuters reported on May 14. French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Tuesday in the National Assembly that the country will deliver an additional batch of Aster missiles for the SAMP/T air defence system – France’s equivalent of the U.S. Patriot. “I have just signed a second batch of Aster missiles to allow the SAMP/T – that we gave (Ukraine) with our Italian partners – to continue to operate,” Lecornu said. No details were provided as to how many miss…