Only a matter of time until Abrams and F-16s are delivered.
Who is going to operate the Patriot Missile System?
This is nuts. The psychopaths running the country might as well declare all-out war with Russia, considering that we’re already involved in a proxy war with them.
Great idea, because it will never fall into the hands of the Russians. Good thing they have Bout available.
The MIC has to keep the money rolling in!!!!
Hopefully it gets targeted before the Ukes get proficient with it, or during the set up phase.
Bad move.
Bad move.
These demonic possessed Democrats are begging Putin to start a Nuclear War.
Open borders for Ukraine. No one is illegal !
Just today, Mark Felton uploaded this on YouTube...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7I3Illsuqg
The Russians are apparently in the process of turning hundreds of their old Antonov An-2 biplanes into drones filled with explosives and send them towards Ukraine. The An-2s look like helicopters on radars because of their size and speed. The planes are worth 10s of 1000s of dollars each, but the missiles to shoot them down cost a million apiece. Ukraine will run out of missiles before Russia runs out of An-2s.
Apparently this use of the An-2 has already been tried in the Azerbaijan-Armenia war.
So, one question would be, how much does each Patriot missile cost and how many extras do we have?
The Russian PR memes are going to be hilarious.
Please send F-16s and Abrams tanks too.....
Using this system also requires a specialized team of operators; therefore, such a move certainly confirms US boots on the ground.
But NATO does not want to seek escalation.....
Right.
“Royal Marines deployed on ‘high-risk covert operations’ in Ukraine”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/royal-marines-deployed-on-high-risk-covert-operations-in-ukraine-r7b50gv3p
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“The western power alliance continually ramping up aggressions to test how far it could provoke Russia is what led to this conflict in the first place. Now we’re at a point where there isn’t much space for Russia to back up before it’s against the ropes and potentially pressed to do something nobody wants. These people should not be talking about escalation, they should be talking about de-escalation. We need diplomacy, de-escalation and detente, and we need them yesterday.”
‘NATO Chief Voices Fear Of War With Russia While US Greenlights Drone Strikes On Russian Territory’
https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/nato-chief-voices-fear-of-war-with
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As usual, the US/UK/NATO speak with forked tongue.....
In the meantime....
“We have given weapons to Ukraine, but in so doing, we realised that our military stockpiles have been depleted.”
‘Josep Borrell confesses: “Our military stockpiles have been depleted”’
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2022/12/13/josep-borrell-confesses-our-military-stockpiles-have-been-depleted/
*shakeshead*
The Russian PR memes going to be so hilarious....
Full scale U.S. proxy war v. Russia.
Advanced weaponry, training, leadership/guidance, military equipment support, intelligence/targeting, everything except actual US military personnel on the ground although that’s probably pretty likely too.
-fJRoberts-
And our “leaders” move us closer and closer to outright war with Russia. The type of war nobody wins.
How much do they cost related to what they will be used against?
Will the Patriot radar move during the Russian reaction time interval between reconnaissance and strike? I have my doubts.
Wikipedia says that a Patriot battery costs about $1 billion. The radar is the thing that makes these so expensive. Each of its missile costs about $3 million. The suicide drones are maybe $10,000 each. Now do the math ...
The most modern missiles Patriot system use have a maximum reach of some 60 kilometer (37 miles). One battery can thus cover a bubble with a 120 kilometer diameter. It may be good for Kiev or Odessa but is nothing that will solve the general military problem Ukraine has.
The Russian forces are superior in technology, personnel and fire power. There is no chance, and never has been, for Ukraine to win that match. No Wunderwaffen, British marines with sea drones or U.S. Patriot systems, will change those basic facts.