[hardspunned]

I thought these were essential in bringing down the “99%” of Iranian drones and missiles a couple of weeks ago. What more advanced system is protecting American assets around the world? Why mothballed? Isn’t Z begging for these Patriot systems? Why doesn’t the U.S. take them back or buy them back with some of the $26Billion we are giving to Israel and supply them to Ukraine?

[PeterPrinciple]

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2024/04/09/how-companies-plan-to-ramp-up-production-of-patriot-missiles/

production ramping up?

[The Antiyuppie]

I wonder if they have early generation systems, and they are not possible or financially feasible to upgrade.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

The Patriots were a failure in the Iraq war against the Scuds.

I heard they had been upgraded, and the Ukrainians claimed to have some success with them before they got blasted by the Russians.

Oh well. It's impossible to know what's going on in the World. The more I try to find out, the more certain I am in the Matrix and reality is being created for us rather than related to us.

[Delta 21]

Like our ICBM inventory. I dont really want to see it get a whole lotta use.

[rottweiller_inc]

I think there’s something they want to keep secret, like perhaps other countries have missiles that are stealth.

[rfp1234]

Send them to Zelvis, he can use them as decoys against Ruzzians [/sarc.]

[ClearCase_guy]

I wonder if there is any possibility that this is really being caused by Biden saying, “No spare parts or support for you. You’re on your own.” That would make Patriots pretty useless in Israel and they would have to switch to a different system.

[glorgau]

Probably a “cover story” for more equipment being shipped off to Ukraine

[BobL]

QUESTION: Why would Israel ‘retire’ the Patriots in the middle of a HOT WAR, possibly spreading to Iran?

ANSWER: They didn’t. They were ORDERED to send the Patriots to Ukraine by every Zeeper’s favorite president.

Nothing else makes sense, at least to me.

[ETCM]

I thought these were essential in bringing down the “99%” of Iranian drones and missiles a couple of weeks ago.

As usual, you thought wrong. These are PAC-2 batteries Israel purchased in 1991. They are effective against aircraft and cruise missiles, and very limited capability against short range (tactical) ballistic missiles, none of which reached Israeli airspace. Almost all of the drones and cruise missiles Iran fired were shot down by fighter jets, far from Israel.

Rather than upgrade to PAC-3, Israel (along with the USA) developed several other missiles to deal with ballistic missiles.

Why doesn’t the U.S. take them back or buy them back with some of the $26Billion we are giving to Israel and supply them to Ukraine?

I doubt anyone, even you, would be surprised if that eventually happens. But there will be some "political distance" between the transactions, and possibly an intermediary other than the USA.

[McGruff]

Zelensky has to be asking, Bro WTH?