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Originally published by Military Watch
The U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) advisory body has warned that Congress is facing issues “in both its legislative and oversight roles” over the deliver of Patriot surface to air missile systems to Ukraine, after the intention to send these systems as part of a $1.85 billion aid package was announced in December. It highlighted that although Patriot systems had been widely speculated to begin deliveries in the first half of 2023, training local repair crews alone would take approximately 53 weeks. “There is a lot of learning to do before Ukraine will have a functioning Patriot system on the ground,” it emphasised. It was previously speculated that U.S. or other NATO service members could man the Patriots after their delivery, as Western personnel have played a very large and growing role in the war effort on the ground, although the Russian Foreign Ministry claimed that it had been assured that the U.S. Military would not have a presence at Patriot sites. The possibility of American military contractors being deployed to man the systems, however, remains significant, although Russia is expected to have far less qualms about targeting sites should foreign personnel present not be serving members in the U.S. Military.
It is expected that only a single Patriot unit will be delivered to Ukraine, raising serious questions regarding how effective it could be in blunting Russian air and missile attacks particularly when considering the system’s questionable combat record in other theatres. CRS stressed that it was still unclear where the Patriot battery would come from, urging lawmakers to examine this issue and warning that the “battery and associated interceptors being sent to Ukraine could be taken from existing army units and stockpiles” in the U.S. Military. “If it is withdrawn from other operational forces, such as U.S. Central Command or U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, transferring the system to Ukraine may create opportunity costs and potential risks in those theatres,” it stated, while supplying a battery from the American mainland “could impede training or modernisation cycles.” The Patriot’s “massive price tag” of were also highlighted in the report, which elaborated that “a newly produced Patriot battery costs about $1.1 billion, including about $400 million for the system and about $690 million for the missiles” with an “estimated to cost about $4 million per missile.” The result of these costs was that certain “restrictions [would] be imposed on what types of hostile systems can be engaged by” Ukrainian-operated Patriots.
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Lower end Russian strike drones playing key roles in its strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and personnel have been fielded with price tags of just a few thousand dollars, while many of its cruise missiles are estimated to cost only around $1 million each. A further issue widely raised regarding Patriot deliveries, although not noted in the CRS report, is that the rapid destruction of a Patriot battery in Ukraine, which Russian President Vladimir Putin personally referred to as an “absolute certainty,” could have serious impacts both on Ukrainian morale and on allies’ confidence in the missile system which is very widely relied on by the U.S. and its allies. The rapid depletion of Ukraine’s air defence network and the very small quantities of Patriots to be delivered means that the system will likely have only limited layers of protection from other air defence systems, which combined with its relatively limited mobility could leave it highly vulnerable. Bolstering Ukraine’s air defences has nevertheless come to be seen as critical as its formerly massive arsenals of Soviet built S-300 and BuK missiles have now grown scarce, with Russian strikes on key infrastructure in particular raising the prospects that Ukraine may need to abandon many of its key cities entirely. This possibility was widely warned of near the end of 2022 in a growing number of Western assessments. Major attacks on infrastructure which began in October are increasingly seen to provide Russia with a quicker means of placing pressure on Kiev and its allies, and thus achieving its objectives more quickly in spite of the significant setbacks it has faced on the battlefield.
It’s game over for the Ukronazis. If you are a Ukronazi, just capitulate.
Not only for ukro ist over especially for EU/NATO scam, they have been smashed by russians
1 year to install. 1 week to destroy and $1bn goes pouuff. Enyoying your Ukraine ride US tax payers?
MOSCOW, January 2./. Russia’s Armed Forces hit the so-called Ukrainian Foreign Legion’s temporary deployment points in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and in the Kharkov Region, killing more than 70 foreign mercenaries, the Russian Defense Ministry’s Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Monday.
“The Russian Aerospace Forces delivered high-precision strikes on temporary deployment points of the Foreign Legion near Markovo and Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Novoosinovo in the Kharkov Region, killing more than 70 foreign mercenaries and injuring over 100 more,” Konashenkov reported.
You yankeez coped in Korea, coped in Vietnam, Afghanistan etc… now cope again, come on now… it’s not that embarrassing. Not yet.
NATO or US servicemen manning the Patriots on Ukrainian soil make them unlawful combatants and legitimate targets.
By 2024 if Ukrainians haven’t surrendered they will have even run out of firewood for heating and cooking and half the population will become refugees. It will be worse than NATO’s regime change Syrain civil war plot.
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American technology (the weapons) is poor, the Patriots have been used by the Saudis with a big failure against Yemeni missiles and drones. They are of no use. Ukraine is already dead.
Because Patriots are designed to destroy airplanes and helicopters at best, not rockets and drones.
There is the Arrow system but nobody talks about it. I wonder why…
Oh, the Arrow 3 is capable of destroying even satellites. 😁 Why? Why? Why? Why the Patriot useless crap so old and feeble and obsolete but not the Arrow system?
I don’t know the Arrow versions. I understand that the Patriot, in its various versions, is the most sophisticated American anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapon. They have some notable flaws. For example, a German Patriot battery in Turkey has been hacked! Not only that, I understand that they work at high altitudes (azimuth) they cannot hit low or very low flying drones or airplanes.
LEARN about Arrow.
Stop believing what You are told. it is a pathetic, miserable lie.
We won? Not yet? WTF?!
Because it is a damned scam war, that’s why.
Even Greta is not against the war as if it would be good for environment….
Have we all cum in my ass yet? If not what are you guys waiting for?
Patriot is crap.
Arrow is much better.
Why no word about Arrow? _______________________________
Go to hell, WEF! We don’t need your rule, management or government.
A single Patriot battery requires months of training, and 100 or so servicemen to man it. These systems are very expensive, and the missiles are complex and require hand assembly at the factory. The U.S. doesn’t have a lot of missiles they can just piss away on this complicated system, since the missiles are difficult to produce. There is no way in hell the average Ukraine soldier is going to be able to operate it. Where are they going to get trained on this system. Maybe in Europe, but the best training is here in the U.S.
And is good just against aircraft.
So there are needed other means to defend these Patriotă against drones and rockets. An entire sistem.
“A further issue widely raised regarding Patriot deliveries, although not noted in the CRS report, is that the rapid destruction of a Patriot battery in Ukraine, which Russian President Vladimir Putin personally referred to as an “absolute certainty,” could have serious impacts both on Ukrainian morale and on allies’ confidence in the missile system which is very widely relied on by the U.S. and its allies.”
This expensive garbage produced by the snaggle-toothed USSAN demons for Pentacon Kill IndUStrie$ Inc. can’t stop the fun loving Houthi Brothers fireworks in Saudi Barbaria or the gallant freedom fighters’ bottle rockets against the khaZar monster in apartheid, occupied Palestine. These “patriot$” are a joke and nobody knows that better than the clowns that are selling them. The last thing they want is to see this garbage fried in rump Ukrapland now that the main strike and end approaches.
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And US person helping Fagboy Zelensky is a YankSkank!