It's not just about Patriot and money: why rocket strokes of the Russian Federation will continue to

Russia continues to produce rockets and drones, and the US defense industry is physically unable to make the right amount of anti -aircraft missiles. Therefore, the threat to Ukraine will remain. Ukraine's air defense is subjected to numerous threats that cannot be reflected in spite of recent US financing approval and work on obtaining additional Patriots. About it reports an employee of the analytical center Defense Priorites Jeff Lamir in the Defense News column.

The problem with the protection of Ukrainian air defense in the short term is not in limited resources, but in the number of threats that the Russian Federation. Supply of additional Patriot batteries cannot remedy the whole situation. According to President Vladimir Zelensky, the Western systems now provide about 25% of what Ukraine needs. Patriot is required to cover the entire Patriot territory, twice as much as RTX can be produced throughout the year.

The Russian Federation uses a deficit of air defense in Ukraine and conducts intelligence on the front line and destroys power plants. This is vulnerable to Patriot itself, as it must work in a wider air defense ecosystems of various radii. If he acted himself, the invaders would be attacked by drones. Additional supply of anti -aircraft missiles will delay, but will not stop the painful strikes of the Russian Federation. The US is simply unable to produce expensive traffic in large numbers.

Instead, the Russian Federation will be able to constantly buy "Shahda" and produce rockets, including ballistic "Iscander" and aerobalistic "dagger". So now the problem of anti -aircraft missiles, not just the number of Patriot batteries themselves. The US will take decades to fill the gaps in production capacity. Therefore, the author believes that the US should use all diplomatic power to achieve ceasefire or lay a basis for negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine.