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    Brian Berletic: US to Send Patriot Missiles to Ukraine, CNN Says... Archived Message

    Posted by sashimi on December 13, 2022, 10:08 pm

    CNN is claiming Washington may finalize plans to send the Patriot air defense
    missile system to Ukraine. However, what CNN doesn't say is just as important:

    * The US says it will send the missiles in days after the decision is made;

    * It takes MONTHS to train crews to operate the Patriot missile system;

    * NATO personnel will likely operate the missile system posing as Ukrainians;

    * The Patriot missile system is suffering a global missile shortage;

    * Lockheed will double missile production but it will take years to do so;

    * Both current and future production numbers CANNOT match the number of cruise
    missiles alone Russia is producing per month;

    * Russia is also using Iskander missiles, Geran-2 drones, as well as a number of
    inert decoys which will place even more pressure on Ukrainian air defenses;

    * The performance of Patriot missile systems in Saudi Arabia has been poor;

    * Patriot missiles will face more sophisticated and more numerous threats in
    Ukraine than in Saudi Arabia;



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