Intercept ballistics: urgent Patriot missiles while Trump promises underground factories
War | 10 July, 2026 at 16:21 | 1,585 | Author: Olena Zelenina
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Following critical air defense shortages, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that urgent deliveries of Patriot PAC-3 interceptor missiles from the United States are expected within days.
This comes alongside a major announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding a license for Ukraine to manufacture Patriot missiles locally in secured underground facilities.
While military analysts express skepticism, citing a standard 3-to-5-year timeline required for high-tech rocket localization, sources suggest that Ukraine has been preparing for this transition behind closed doors for a long time, laying a secretive groundwork that could speed up the process.
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