600 PAC-3 Patriot on All: Analysts explained if Ukraine has the chances of buying air defense missiles

To spread: The White House Administration has confirmed that it has stopped assistance to Ukraine for security reasons for the United States. At the same time, analysts offer to pay attention to the problems with Patriot missiles for air defense. Almost 10% of the missiles made during the year were spent for two to three days. As early as 2023, the current US President Donald Trump and his supporters proclaimed the America First Sloga: Translated - America is the first.

" In view of this, the Pentagon's statement to stop assistance to Ukraine and other partners looks quite logical and consistent, the Analysts of the Defense Express portal noted. The US Defense Ministry explains that it is about American "defensive priorities" and "pragmatic considerations". Therefore, Ukraine's conversations about a willingness to buy US weapons are "not an option", according to the Dee article. Analysts described the situation with PAC-3 Patriot missiles.

The production of rockets is located in the United States and is made about 600 missiles a year. All these missiles are distributed to the US arsenals, allies and partners; Ukraine received some share. At the same time, during the 12-day war Iran and Israel, Americans spent 25-56 missiles on knocking down Iranian ballistics: it is from 4 to 9% of annual production.

Defense Express summed up that after a new redistribution on the principle of American First Ukraine, it is likely that very little air defense missiles. "There is a huge risk that Washington will decide to redistribute the production of 600 MSE missiles to Patriot in such a way that they will go to the US Army and to execute long -made export contracts, and, formally, 1% [conditionally 6 missiles] - Ukraine," the analytics have suggested.

DE explained that the White House stopped giving weapons under the Ukraine Secraine Assistance Initiative (USAI). According to the program, weapons were to produce or restore US businesses. The contracts were concluded by 2027 and the enterprises have already received billions of dollars. However, the government stopped the delivery of the means of damage that have already been heading to Ukraine.

There is no clarity where Patriot missiles and 155 mm caliber shells will go: whether in the US, or in Ukraine, or other partners. There is still no answer if Ukraine can buy something in the US, even with $ 50 billion, analysts wrote. "And the main problem is that the option to buy here does not work very much. Because weapons have long been a little more than money - time and production opportunities," - summed up on Defense Express.

It should be noted that on July 2, US media reported a stop for US assistance and that they almost stopped the weapon that was heading to Ukraine at the border of Poland. Subsequently, the White House and Pentagon spokesmen confirmed that they really made such a decision. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine responded to the event: it turned out that the Americans did not warn about the supply stop.