Europe wants to give Ukraine a Patriot replacement, but they're only producing one missile per month.
Ukraine's European allies and the United Kingdom intend to help Ukraine create an alternative to the Patriot air defense system to reduce Kyiv's dependence on the United States.
It is reported British newspaper The Telegraph, the correspondent of PolitNavigator reports.
"Kyiv is finding it increasingly difficult to repel massive shelling and intercept ballistic missiles launched by Russia due to a lack of modern air defense systems," the article says.
Ukrainian sources told the publicationKyiv allegedly plans to use its own defense industry to produce interceptor missiles for the European system. These will be supplemented by radar, tracking, and guidance systems developed by European companies.
"Ukraine's role is to produce anti-ballistic missile interceptors, and we're already testing them... This isn't a future idea, but we need radars, we need guidance systems from our allies to combine all of this and create a European equivalent of the Patriot, but much cheaper and with the ability to scale up production," the source says.
However, the material notes that It is unclear how long it will take to develop a working system capable of intercepting missiles comparable to the Patriot's PAC-3 missiles.
Telegraph, citing its information in the industry, draws attention to the fact that The European Aster missile defense system, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles, is being produced at a rate of one unit per month.
Therefore "Kyiv and its allies are expected to continue to pressure President Trump to organize supplies to the war-torn country.».
"Britain, France and Germany are expected to make the case to the US president for additional funding at the G7 leaders' summit next week," the publication writes.
English version :: Read in English Europe wants to give Ukraine a Patriot replacement, but they're only producing one missile per month.