U.S. close to providing Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine -officials

Reuters ^ | December 13, 2022 | Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart

[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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“Interesting that FR has become infiltrated with FSB/GRU operatives.”

Even more interesting that FR has long been infiltrated with SBU rejects, huh?

[PIF]

The US is talking to Saudi Arabia about moving Patriot batteries from there to Ukraine.

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May as well ... since Biden pissed them off, they decided to sell their total crude output to China in the US$50 billion deal last week with Xi Jinping, along with all of the other Persian Gulf states crude output.

[PIF]

and the Patriot operators have an interesting choice to make.
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especially when they start betting on which system will take out the lumbering flying junk: S-300s, Javelins, Viktors, Avenger, NASAMS, Gepharts, or some guy with a AK.

[familyop]

"Interesting that FR has become infiltrated with FSB/GRU operatives. I wonder how much they are making to act as provocateurs?"

And followers of old, hippie, communist SDS members (Students for a Democratic Society, who also advocated for foreign communist nations against U.S. defense).

[familyop]

Do you support nuking the U.S.A.? If not, then why are you flash mobbing these threads with those who imply that the Russians should nuke the United States?

[JonPreston]

And followers of old, hippie, communist SDS members

Those folks, and their children, are now employed in government and in Universities. You can spot them easily; they're warmongering Neocons and they all have Ukrainian flags in their bio.

[familyop]

And followers of Lyndon LaRouche and his kind. They’re essentially peas in a pod with the newer followers of the SDS.

[House Atreides]

“ 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.”
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Yep, 3 MILLION PER MISSILE. And there’s not an unlimited supply of these in stock.

Visualizing US aid to Ukraine. Each dot represents $100,000 OF US TAXPAYERS’ MONEY. Pretty mind blowing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxInYNbEOKI

[JonPreston]

You’re not making sense. The question is do YOU support nuking Russia? Yes or no works.

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You are incessantly spewing.

Get back to them there wonder weapons, you know them PATRIOT missiles that will certainly prevent Ukraine from being hammered by Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure, etc....kthx.

[Flick Lives]

This will be a great opportunity for Russia to get their hands on one.

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Then the freshly released Merchant of Death can resell it to the highest bidder.

[familyop]

"Those folks, and their children, are now employed in government and in Universities."

And they want to continue big government spending on their bloated salaries instead of defense.

"You can spot them easily; they're warmongering Neocons and they all have Ukrainian flags in their bio."

That's backwards. They haven't changed. And most of the individuals calling people neocons have been either communist and fascist Europeans. Clueless anarchists (tools of commies and fascists) in the U.S. have adopted some of their jargon and tactics. I've most often seen your rhetoric in headlines from the World Socialist Web Site in news aggregators.

[frithguild]

which system will take out the lumbering flying junk: S-300s ...

Well thank goodness the Poes are getting Patriots - the really could have used them to thwart the S-300 attack that killed those poor farmers a several weeks ago

[The Duke]

” First thing I thought of. ”

Same here.

[JonPreston]

That's backwards. They haven't changed.

Sure they have. They despised government and protested war in the 1960s and now they ARE government, while cheering wildly for war. You're a sterling example of a big government Neocon and it explains your warped state of mind. About that, do you still believe nuking Russia is a serious tactic?

[Flaming Conservative]

They’re already using them.

[TonyinLA]

Yup.

I’m also thinking Israel’s use of patriots for the Iron Dome is largely responsible for the system’s reputation for accuracy, mostly at a very short range [hitting slow moving incoming projectiles 1-2 km’s from target]. Israel uses the system to shoot down mostly home-made skyrockets. Wonder how they’ll fare against hypersonics/cruise missles coming in at 700-800 mph or more?

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‘Why U.S. Patriot missiles failed to stop drones and cruise missiles attacking Saudi oil sites’
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-sending-troops-saudi-arabia-shows-short-range-air-defenses-ncna1057461

‘Military briefing: escalating air war depletes Ukraine’s weapons stockpile’
https://www.ft.com/content/fbd6dc6e-4a41-4bfa-977b-8c3ef4482dcc

‘Russia Is Using Old Ukrainian Missiles Against Ukraine, General Says’
https://archive.ph/KPSwQ#selection-409.0-409.68

[fightin kentuckian]

This will put American Soldiers on the front line. The Patriot is a very complex system and there isnt enough time to train others to use it, if it’s in use immediately. I was in the 11th ADA, S2, in the 90s so I have a little knowledge on the Patriot.

[fightin kentuckian]

FR has been infiltrated by the FBI, CIA and other Intel agencies. They’re actually pretty bad at giving themselves away. Just read the comments that urge, and dare Freepers to act illegally and violently