CNN is claiming Washington may finalize plans to send the Patriot air defense missile system to Ukraine. However, what CNN doesn't say is just as important: - The US says it will send the missiles in days after the decision is made; - It takes MONTHS to train crews to operate the Patriot missile system; - NATO personnel will likely operate the missile system posing as Ukrainians; - The Patriot missile system is suffering a global missile shortage; - Lockheed will double missile production but it will take years to do so; - Both current and future production numbers CANNOT match the number of cruise missiles alone Russia is producing per month; - Russia is also using Iskander missiles, Geran-2 drones, as well as a number of inert decoys which will place even more pressure on Ukrainian air defenses; - The performance of Patriot missile systems in Saudi Arabia has been poor; - Patriot missiles will face more sophisticated and more numerous threats in Ukraine than in Sa
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