[pierrem15]

Poland, Germany, and Ukraine have asked for licenses to co-produce the Patriot missiles because they are a real bottleneck. They might be produced for far less in Poland and introduce some needed competition in procurement.

I would bet Raytheon owns all the IP despite the fact that the system was developed with tax dollars. That needs to stop: the US needs to own the IP so that problems, bottlenecks, or price gouging by one supplier can be addressed.

[Liz]

I would bet Raytheon owns all the IP despite the fact that the system was developed with tax dollars. That needs to stop: the US needs to own the IP so that problems, bottlenecks, or price gouging by one supplier can be addressed.

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Right.....and everything hyped by self-serving Israel—
subsidized w/ billions of our tax dollars—belongs to us.