[FreeReign]

550 interceptors a year lasts less than a month in Ukraine. We might make 650 interceptors this year, but that’s best case...so maybe a bit more than a month. Our rate made sense for training and testing, but we had NO SURGE CAPACITY, because that wasn’t needed...at least in the Neocon mindset.

I saw a similar figure, about 600 a year. That's about 12 a week.

Mariner's post above says that we are sending them 10. I'm not sure where he got that number from. But if it's true, that means we can replace those Patriot Missles in less than a week.

[BobL]

“Mariner’s post above says that we are sending them 10. I’m not sure where he got that number from. But if it’s true, that means we can replace those Patriot Missles in less than a week.”

Ok, I feel better. If it’s 10 interceptors, then we’re ok, but likewise, they won’t do much for Ukraine.

[lodi90]

President Trump himself just said it is a “large part of” 17 Patriot batteries being discussed. Poland, smartly, placed large defense orders years ago whene Putin launched his genocidal war of choice on Ukraine. I assume they’re just going to send much of what they receive now on to Ukraine.