Japan may transfer missiles for the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine through the USA
December 20, 2023
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Ukraine may receive interceptor missiles from Japan for the American Patriot air defense system. The information was shared by the American publication The Washington Post. Japan is expected
Ukraine may receive interceptor missiles from Japan for the American Patriot air defense system. The information was shared by the American publication The Washington Post. Japan is expected this week to formally approve policy changes that will allow it to export dozens of missiles for air defense systems to the United States.
After that, Washington will be able to poison them to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Japan produces Patriot missiles under license from Raytheon.
Patriot is an anti-aircraft missile system developed by the American company Raytheon. It consists of an air interceptor missile and a high-performance radar system.
The probability of hitting an aircraft is 0.8-0.9, the probability of hitting a tactical missile is 0.6-0.8. The cost of one missile is approximately $3 million. The Armed Forces currently have three air defense batteries in service. Two batteries were handed over by Germany and one battery was handed over by the USA together with the allies.
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