Posted on 03/09/2026 8:07:09 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Ukraine has received only about 600 advanced interceptor missiles for the MIM-104 Patriot air defense system during the entire course of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian officials told The New York Times.
Dmytro Lytvyn, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said Kyiv had received roughly that number of interceptor missiles over four years of war.
Ukraine has repeatedly urged Western partners to provide additional Patriot systems and interceptor missiles as Russia continues to launch large-scale missile strikes targeting cities and critical infrastructure.
The Patriot system remains among the few air defense platforms capable of reliably intercepting advanced ballistic missiles, including those used by Russia during its attacks on Ukrainian territory.
(Excerpt) Read more at kyivpost.com ...
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They pay for them?
GIBS ME MO’!
Hands out like always.
Only
Only?
As a tax paying American I have received zero
ONLY ?
The cost of a Patriot missile system can vary, but a standard PAC-2 GEM-T missile costs about $4 million, while the PAC-3 MSE missile costs around $7 million. Additionally, a complete battery setup can cost approximately $360 million, depending on the configuration and components included.
Missiles alone $2.4-4.2 billion.
We are giving $400 million dollars of US taxpayer money to Ukraine this year and an additional $400 million dollars next year. Perhaps Ukraine can acquire some Patriots with our money.
So, they get to fire one every 2.43 days. Hardly sounds worth the trouble.
This article is a perfect example of what I find most maddening about Zelensky and his minions - the tone with which they approach the US and Europe when asking for aid. Not an iota of gratitude for western money or arms, just a sense of entitlement to a blank check and endless support. “Only” indeed.
The missile count was limited by the crew count.
They say, “If you don’t send more, we’re going to replace another vowel with a letter ‘Y’.”
To be fair, it was American and European leaders who shut down his attempt to negotiate a deal with Russia in 2022. I think I would have an enormous sense of entitlement in that case, too.
Well yeah, “only “ about 10% of our entire Patriot stockpile before the world melted down .
And current experience from Ukraine and the Middle East shows that we only have 25% of the Patriots that we need for effective air defense.
Ukraine and Russia were indeed negotiating a peace settlement brokered by Turkey and Israel in 2022. Then Boris Johnson came along and told Zelensky that he could easily win back every square mile of territory lost, including Crimea. That was indeed a stupid thing to say and at the worst possible time, but on the other hand nobody forced Zelensky to listen to Johnson’s counsel at the time.
As a tax paying American I have received zero
I’m sure you would regret it greatly, if Russia launched a missile at your town of residence, and you didn’t get the Patriot missile you needed but failed to get.
As an American taxpayer I would very much regret it if the US was hit by Russian or Chinese missiles or aircraft because we sent them all to Ukraine for free like we did under Biden and were too broke to buy new replacements
I guess Ukraine knows where they stand.
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