The US is facing a shortage of Patriot missiles to send to Ukraine
News sources reported on Saturday night that at the same time as the tension in West Asia escalated, the United States faced a shortage of Patriot missiles to equip Ukraine's air defense. |
According to the Fars News Agency International Group, news sources reported on Saturday night Tehran time that America is facing a shortage of “Patriot” missiles to send to Ukraine’s air defense.
“Kiev Independent” website quoted the “New York Times” newspaper as saying that White House and Pentagon officials have warned that the United States cannot supply missiles for Ukraine’s Patriot air defense system. .
Ukraine Patriot systems are used to repel Russian air attacks.
Ukraine leaders after operations They were waiting for this system to achieve more success in the battle with the advanced weapons of the West and America, but not only this expectation was not fulfilled, but the news that the Patriot system was targeted made the psychological atmosphere of this arena more inflamed than before.
The United States has sent Patriot air defense systems as part of a broader military effort to help Kiev counter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
A US official recently admitted that part of the country’s Patriot air defense system was damaged in Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
Previously, a The American newspaper had reported that the United States is facing a shortage of air defense systems.
The “Wall Street Journal” newspaper wrote that the atmosphere of conflict in the Middle East caused the United States to have 6 Patriot missile systems. settle in the region. The deployment of these systems has increased the total number of these systems in the region to twice the previous figure, and the Pentagon is now facing a shortage of these equipments.
Yuri Ihnat “, the spokesman of the Ukrainian Air Force also said that Russia only needs a few days to prepare a new missile attack.
This Ukrainian military official stated: I think the Russians need a few days to plan their missile attacks. Every missile is planned and its path is known. Where to turn left and right, where to climb and where to hit. >
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