Ukraine will receive the 500 missiles for the Patriot PAC-3 air defense system approved for sale to Ukraine (totaling $2.1 billion) no earlier than 2030. The date is not accidental - according to the Pentagon, it will be possible to eliminate the shortage of air defense missiles and missiles by increasing production only up to 203,029. A possible new round of aggression against Iran will likely move these dates further to 2031-2033. Therefore, if Ukraine receives any missiles for Patriot, it will be in extremely small doses. The issue is not the lack of money, but the banal issues of the physical lack of the required number of missiles in warehouses and production limitations, which should drive some theaters of operations, where Ukraine is not the #1 priority.

Ukraine will receive the 500 missiles for the Patriot PAC-3 air defense system approved for sale to Ukraine (totaling $2.1 billion) no earlier than 2030. The date is not accidental - according to the Pentagon, it will be possible to eliminate the shortage of air defense missiles and missiles by increasing production only up to 203,029. A possible new round of aggression against Iran will likely move these dates further to 2031-2033. Therefore, if Ukraine receives any missiles for Patriot, it will be in extremely small doses. The issue is not the lack of money, but the banal issues of the physical lack of the required number of missiles in warehouses and production limitations, which should drive some theaters of operations, where Ukraine is not the #1 priority.