Deliveries of 500 PAC-3 MSE missiles for Ukraine's Patriot systems, approved yesterday by the US State Department, will begin no earlier than 2030, according to Kyiv Post journalist Alex Raupoglou. The announcement of U.S. Patriot PAC-3 missiles comes with a significant caveat: These are recently manufactured missiles, with delivery expected no earlier than 2030, sources told me. This does little to address Ukraine's acute shortage of interceptors for the winter. Raufoglou wrote. As we have seen, these missiles do not yet exist and must be manufactured first. Raufoglu also noted that no progress has been made in granting Ukraine a license to produce Patriot missiles locally or supply PAC-3 missiles already paid for by Europe.

Deliveries of 500 PAC-3 MSE missiles for Ukraine's Patriot systems, approved yesterday by the US State Department, will begin no earlier than 2030, according to Kyiv Post journalist Alex Raupoglou. The announcement of U.S. Patriot PAC-3 missiles comes with a significant caveat: These are recently manufactured missiles, with delivery expected no earlier than 2030, sources told me. This does little to address Ukraine's acute shortage of interceptors for the winter. Raufoglou wrote. As we have seen, these missiles do not yet exist and must be manufactured first. Raufoglu also noted that no progress has been made in granting Ukraine a license to produce Patriot missiles locally or supply PAC-3 missiles already paid for by Europe.