Posted on 12/13/2022 12:01:09 PM PST by familyop
The United States is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine, a decision that could be announced as soon as this week, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday...Two of the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the announcement could come as early as Thursday but was awaiting formal approval from U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and President Joe Biden.
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The only way to do that is to withdraw Patriot protection somewhere else. The US is talking to Saudi Arabia about moving Patriot batteries from there to Ukraine.
This will be a great opportunity for Russia to get their hands on one.
Why wasn’t this done six months ago?
If the Bidens hadn’t pocketed most of the money that was meant to go to Ukraine this war would be over by now.
Instead Ukraine has been forced to fight with ancient Soviet relics. That they are still winning is a remarkable achievement.
We keep them in Saudi to deter the Iranian missile threat to Saudi. Biden will probably piss off the Saudi’s even more than he already has by moving them out.
Hey, easy bub! Why end a profitable venture too soon?
I’m guessing that Raytheon and other defense contractors will be making more weapons and money. Interesting, how the changes in influences will be prompting Democrats to spend more on defense. Come budget time, Republicans will be adding some push to that.
Defense is one of the proper and constitutional ways of spending government funds. What we can’t stand, is so much spending on hordes of unnecessary government employees, social programs to clean up after the drug abuse regime and government-connected civilian businesses.
Ukraine is not an ally, and not in NATO.
F ‘em.
“Ukraine can stop most of the Iranian drones and Russian cruise missiles with hardware now in Ukraine.”
But they are NOT.
How is claiming that ‘We shoot down 70 of 79 incoming Russian missiles and drones and yet 17 hit infrastructure targets - per some unknown Kyiv Official’ indicating that what Ukraine has is working?
Two points on Patriots to Ukraine:
1) Using this system also requires a specialized, trained team of operators; therefore, such a move certainly confirms US boots on the ground.
2) The coming Russian PR memes are going to be utterly hilarious.
Russia has amassed its An-2 fleet in Dubrovka to counter this threat. Patriots cost $1B per battery and $3M per missile. The An-2’s. Which will look like oncoming attack helicopters, cost about $1,500 each. Fill the An-2’ with explosives and fly them remotely, and the Patriot operators have an interesting choice to make.
Say, Wasn’t it you who said we should nuke Russia?
First thing I thought of.
“Ukraine first needed to secure the air and ground more against other threats”
AGAIN, which it has NOT!
Maybe Cuba wants some hypersonic Kinzhal missiles. Washington DC is just in range.
Purely defensive, of course.
I’m interested in YOUR state of mind, and not that of some government entity. So I’ve got this right; you support nuking Russia?
LOL, would any of them work?
Heads up, peddler....
Patriot was not and is not designed for cruise missile and drones.
‘Closing the Gap in US Cruise Missile Defenses’
https://www.thecipherbrief.com/closing-the-gap-in-us-cruise-missile-defenses
Interesting that FR has become infiltrated with FSB/GRU operatives. I wonder how much they are making to act as provocateurs?
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