The US will ask for help in Japan to hand over to Ukraine missiles for Patriot - WP

According to journalists, Patriot missiles will not go directly to Ukraine. Japan will pass them on the United States, which will expand Washington's ability to support Kiev. The United States is going to seek help from Japan to transfer additional missiles to the Patriot SC. About it writes Washington Post. According to journalists, it is expected that this week Japan will officially make a change in export policies, which will allow several dozen Patrio missiles to the United States.

This step will allow Washington to convey more air defense products to Ukraine. The publication writes that Japan will not be directly mentioned in the Patriot system, but the document will meet the key request of US Presidential Administration Joe Biden. It is noted that Japan produces rockets for Patriot under the Raytheon license. It is noted that Biden raised this issue in front of Prime Minister Fumio Kisida in Camp Devid in August.

Japan, concerned about the fact that Russia's invasion can encourage China to take similar actions against Taiwan, supports Ukraine. The material states that Patriot missiles will not go directly to Ukraine. Tokyo has not yet presented the schedule, but the decision on some numbers is expected to be "relatively soon". It is about PAC-2 and PAC-3 missiles.

"The first are intended for the destruction of some types of ballistic missiles by explosion nearby, and the latter are ammunition of direct lesions that are aimed directly at rockets and planes and have more explosive force," the material said. Earlier, the media reported that Europe does not have sufficient industrial potential to reflect the attack of Russia.