The Pentagon’s plan to ship the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine as aid in its war with Russia is waiting for approval from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. It will then be sent to Biden for a final approval. U.S. officials believe the plan will be easily approved without issues. The plan follows Poland and Germany’s agreement to deploy Patriot missiles as part of the war effort.
From National Review:
An average Patriot battery has up to eight launchers, each of which holds four missiles. The system has the ability apprehend and track targets. In November, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the U.S. was committed to sending the Patriot system to Ukraine to help repel Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion. “We’re now very focused on air defense systems and not just us, many other countries,” Blinken told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “And we’re working to make sure that the Ukrainians get those systems as quickly as possible but also as effectively as possible, making sure that they are trained on them, making sure they have the ability to maintain them and all of that has to come together and it is. We have a very deliberate process established by the Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Ramstein, Germany, that meets regularly to make sure that the Ukrainians are getting what they need, when they need it.”
