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To: canuck_conservative
"On Saturday, Germany said it would transfer an additional Patriot system to Ukraine. The U.S.-made Patriot is considered the gold-standard of air defense, credited with intercepting some of Russia's most advanced missiles...

Given that America can only produce about 550 Patriot missiles a year and the I. March of 2024 Russia hit the Ukrainians with 3000 FAB guided glide bombs l, your patriot battery does not add up to much. This does not even count the number of missiles and drones on top of that. We are being OUTPRODUCED and no amount of printing dollars can fix that within the timeframe of the Ukraine's imminent military collapse.

15 posted on 04/14/2024 7:19:05 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: wildcard_redneck
Given that America can only produce about 550 Patriot missiles a year and the I. March of 2024 Russia hit the Ukrainians with 3000 FAB guided glide bombs l, your patriot battery does not add up to much. This does not even count the number of missiles and drones on top of that. We are being OUTPRODUCED

There are a LOT of other options to the Patriot systems. Whether there is the will in the US, is another matter.

Pentagon’s ‘FrankenSAM’ program cobbles together air defense weapons for Ukraine

A senior U.S. defense official said Thursday that the U.S. has been able to improvise and build a new missile launcher from radars and other parts contributed by allies and partners. The system will be able to launch AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles, which the U.S. announced Wednesday it will send to Ukraine in the latest aid package.

At the same time, U.S. engineers have been able to work with Ukraine to modify a Soviet-era Buk air defense launcher so that it can fire RIM-7 missiles, which the U.S. has in large quantities. Ukraine has a number of the Buk systems, but its supply of missiles had been dwindling.

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-military-missiles-16c344bdba2e0695a2286a55d9614ff4

18 posted on 04/14/2024 7:40:40 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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