Patriot rockets: Why does Ukraine urgently need it?
Patriot rockets: Why does Ukraine urgently need it?
The announcement by US President Donald Trump that the Ukraine is preserved as part of a new armor program patio-rocket systems welcomed warmly in Kyiv. This is done in the middle of the nightly Russian bombing, which the city and its citizens put under pressure.
urgent need for rocket systems
President Wolodymyr Selenskyj has asked for patriot rockets several times in the past few weeks, since Moscow Record-suspect quantities on drones and rockets to spread fear and chaos in Ukrainian cities.
ambiguities in the announcement
In Trump's announcement, however, there were no specific details, and important questions remain open, such as how many systems receive Ukraine, when they arrive and who will provide them.
What is the patriot system?
The Patriot systems, officially called Phased Array Tracking Radar for Intercept on Target, are the central rocket protection system of the US Army. You demonstrated its effectiveness last month by 13 out of 14 incoming Iranian rockets, which on the Al Udeid Air Base of the US Air Force in Qatar
The latest versions of the Patriot interceptor can intercept incoming, short-distance ballistic rockets, marching aircraft and drones at altitudes of up to 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) and distances of up to 35 kilometers. Analysts report that a single patriot battery is able to cover an area of 100 to 200 square kilometers, depending on how many launch ramps are available in the battery and taking into account the local terrain. This is not exactly a large area in a country like Ukraine, which is more than 603,000 square kilometers.
The need for several new patriot batteries is therefore obvious. A battery consists of six to eight rocket shot devices, each of which can carry up to 16 interceptors, as well as a phased array radar, a tax station and a power generation system-everything assembled on trucks and trailers. According to the US military reports, around 90 people are assigned to a patriot battery, but only three soldiers in the command and control center can be actively controlled in a battle. The costs for a patriot battery are high; The complete system of shooting devices, radars and interceptor missiles amounts to more than one billion dollars, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). A single interceptor rocket costs up to $ 4 million, which makes its use against cheap Russian drones that can only cost around $ 50,000, especially if Russia recently started hundreds of drones per night on Ukraine. In terms of the latest deliveries, US officials said that the Patriot systems could get to Ukraine faster if they are provided by European NATO allies, which are then replaced by systems that are adopted by the United States. Trump explained that some or all 17 patriot batteries ordered by other countries could "get very quickly" to Ukraine, Reuters reported. The report "Military Balance 2025" by the International Institute for Strategic Studies indicates that six NATO partners-Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Spain-have patriot batteries in their stocks. performance and cover
The price of security
challenges in procurement
support of NATO allies
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