Posted on 06/06/2025 5:40:33 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Ukraine is increasingly worried about securing more U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems, as stockpiles sent during the Biden administration are drying up and the new administration is resistant to sending more, according to six Ukrainian and Western officials.
While Russia bombards Ukraine with drones and cruise missiles, it is the ballistic missiles that are the most feared, and they can be reliably countered only by Patriot missiles. Ballistic missiles travel several miles per second, and they obliterated half of Ukraine’s power capacity in strikes on power plants.
Their speed and size, plus the fact that they are difficult to intercept, have made ballistic missiles one of the most effective weapons in Russia’s arsenal, particularly against infrastructure.
Ukraine’s dire need for Patriots was apparent over Memorial Day weekend when its air defense forces failed to intercept any of the nine ballistic missiles launched Saturday night and early Sunday. Two of the missiles were directed at Kyiv, according to Ukraine’s air defense forces, where at least two Patriot units are believed to be stationed.
In addition to the ballistic missiles, Russia fired more than 900 drones and 65 cruise missiles over the weekend in some of the biggest strikes of the war, a sign that Russia is ramping up attacks after a relative decrease over May. The vast majority of the non-ballistic airstrikes were intercepted or were lost in action, Ukraine’s air defense forces reported.
President Donald Trump condemned Russia for the attacks late Sunday but did not make any promises of additional military aid. Russian President Vladimir Putin “has gone absolutely CRAZY!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, described the comments as “connected to an emotional overload of everyone involved.”
The main additional military aid Ukraine has requested from the Trump administration is more Patriot missiles and launchers,
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The answer should be “NO!”
The answer is “can’t”
We don’t have any left to give
PresidentTrump has authorized Germany to send 200 German owned Patriots and a refitted but well used Israeli battery but that is all there is in the short term
The vast majority of the non-ballistic airstrikes were intercepted or were lost in action, Ukraine’s air defense forces reported.
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LOL
No Mas.
The US has important strategic locales full of our military that we need to protect.
All the air bases in the Pacific and the Middle East and all those associated allies.
Ukraine doesn’t qualify.
“The answer should be “NO!””
Each side should submit a long-term peace plan.
If the Ukrainians are unreasonable, no expensive help.
unreasonable:
expecting Russians to give up land gained by Russian blood
expecting Russia to give up Crimea
refusing to be neutral
....
If the Russians are unreasonable, then Ukraine can be provided with reasoning assistance.
unreasonable:
expecting all their money back at once
expecting to get more Ukrainian land
....
Choose an AI, Grok, GPT, whatever and pose this question:
what is the % effectiveness of patriot vs state of the art ballistic missiles?
I won’t paste the text. You can get that text yourself.
Bottom line: It doesn’t work hardly at all.
Ukraine should move valid targets out of its cities.
No, no and no. The US will rue the day when we give away all our precious weapons to defend useless East European dirt and the Chinese pounce on a weakened America.
No need for Patriots - Russia is out of missles.
Hmm. Is Ukraine using Patriot missiles to intercept non-ballistic threats?
According to AI, Ukraine needs 12-15 Patriot batteries MINIMUM to provide adequate protection, right now they have 5-6.
I’ve always wondered which is correct:
1. “That’s all she wrote.”
2. “That’s all, she wrote.”
Either way, the answer is no.
Punk Zelensky wants more from the US?
He can beg his coke snorting deep state, UK and EU buddies who’ve planned sh#t for months behind the backs of Trump and US taxpayers.
He never had any intention of negotiating and neither did his hysterical cohorts.
That’s all she wrote, because the pencil broke.
That’s all, she wrote....because the pencil broke.
How is “adequate” defined?
Isobel, Siobhan and Ellen are venerable military experts, right ?
Their ‘wisdom’ is justified by real world experience, not just from their cell phones, right ?
Shoot down 80-90% of incoming missile threats. Covering the rear and the front. Right now, they can’t provide layered defense. There are gaps in the coverage provided by Patriot batteries.
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