US Allays Russia Concern Over “Patriot’ Missiles in Ukraine
US soldiers won’t operate …Biden tells Putin led Russia
Biden extensive reply on US patriot system in Ukraine
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has claimed that United States has assured Moscow that US troops won’t be deployed to operate patriot system in Ukraine . Lavrov Washington stressed that it does not want a direct conflict with Moscow .
Russian FM Laveov made this remark while speaking to state owned channel one news .
He added this back and forth between US and Russia took place vis embassy channels .
US Assures Russia On Patriot System
We have asked the Americans through the channel that our embassy still has , whether their decision to hand over a patriot battery to Ukraine means that American specialists would come along with it since it is complicated to use the Russian diplomats them received extensive explanations .
It is precisely because the Americans do not want to will not fight directly against Russia that the patriot system would only be made operational in several months as soon as the Ukrainian soldiers master this technology .( Russian Foreign Minister Channel One)
Patriot missile defense system was part of Washington $ 1.85 Billion in new military assistance to Kyiv during Ukrane president visit to Washington . Ukraine said US patriot missile system would significantly enhance its air defense shield .
Ukraine was demanding a long-range Air Defense System to prevent Russia from hitting its critical infra .
Patriot Missile System
Patriot is a surface to air guided missile system .
NATO says the system radar has a range of over 150 km .
It is capable of destroying aircraft , cruise missile, short-range ballistic missiles.
Each patriot battery is made up of a truck-mounted launching systems .
It has eight launchers each capable of holding up to four missiles interceptors a ground radar, a control station and a generator .
This system was first used in combat during the 1991 Gulf war.
Patriot currently being used by 18 countries including the US.
Earlier Putin downplayed the credibility of the US missile system by calling it quite old .
Will Ukraine Get Patriot Missile System
It will take several months for Ukraine to deploy patriot on battlefield .
It will first arrive in Germany where Ukrainian troops will learn how to use them .
The training months with each system requiring dozens of troops to operate .
One patriot missile costs over $ 1 million using it against $10,000- 20,000 is problematic .
Expert have warned that patriot may not prove to be a gamechanger due to limited efficacy .
Reports say it does not perform well against drones that are being used in Ukraine war .
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