France's next long-range strike weapon might get its first real trial on Ukraine's front line against Russian forces. According to French Aid to Europe, citing an anonymous source, prototypes of THUNDART, the system set to become the French Army's future
RCH155, Skynex, IRIS-T SLM and so forth come to mind. There are also a lot of drones from outside Ukraine, which are donated to them for testing and improvements. SMAP/T-NG is also going to see service in Ukraine first.
SAMP-T NG has already proven itself very effective in Ukraine. Denmark was impressed and bought some of them instead of Patriot, David’s Sling and L-SAM.
No SAMP/T is already in Ukraine. SAMP/T NG is the improved version. Afaik it is not in Ukraine already. https://militarnyi.com/en/news/zelensky-ukraine-to-test-samp-t-ng-air-defense-system-in-combat-to-intercept-ballistic-missiles/
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/yuriy-ihnat-ukrainian-samp-t-has-already-shot-down-a-russian-sukhoi-aircraft/
The same source seems to disagree, so now I’m not sure.
That is SAMP/T and not the improved SAMP/T NG.