Brussels is trying to persuade EU countries that still have Patriot interceptors in their national stockpiles to donate them to Ukraine and replace them at a later stage with deliveries scheduled for 2027.
Unfortunately ,it is too low amount. If European wants to completely break leg of Russia ,they needs to give more aid to Ukraine
The issue isn’t even with the amount the EU wants to provide. The issue is that when you order a PAC3 interceptor, it costs 4m $ and takes 24 months until it arrives. The EU in general has pretty low stockpiles of ammunition, and PAC3 is no exception. Ballistic missiles on the other hand are a lot easier and cheaper to build. That’s the reason why Ukraine is working hard to be able to build antiballistics themselves, but R&D takes time - again, it’s harder to intercept a ballistic missile than to fire one.
Most news i heard from Ukraine says that their antiballistic program will bear fruit next year if everything goes well. If we are able to help them to get through this winter, there’s a good chance that they wont need as many PAC3 next year because they have their own system independent from the fuckery that the US currently is.
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