The US Patriot missiles are ready to be sent to Ukraine. In what state will they be sent to Ukraine? So, how many Patriot missiles does Ukraine need? Let’s take a look at what retired American generals think about this issue.
A retired American general named Matt pointed out that the Ukrainian army will not be able to use Patriot missiles in the short term. He actually mentioned two main points here.
The first point of view is where should the Patriot missiles be deployed? He must be deployed in the most strategic places, such as cities like Kiev . If someone disperses this Patriot missile system across the 805-kilometer border between Ukraine and Russia. Then this kind of anti-aircraft missile will not be able to work and will not be able to cover everything. This means the Patriot missile, which must be for ground air defense .
What is his other point of view? It's Patriot missile training. The training of this Patriot missile will take at least several months, so it is difficult for him to determine whether it will be able to be used normally before the end of spring 2023. After all, this missile is more complicated and more troublesome to use. So he thinks that the Patriot missiles can be given to Ukraine, but after they are given to Ukraine, when will they become combat effective? This, indeed, cannot be rushed, and it is difficult to quickly form combat effectiveness.
Then we need to mention to everyone that the Patriot missile has not only an illumination radar, but also a control vehicle and these launch units.
The basic combat unit of the Patriot missile is the battalion. There are several companies under the battalion, and each company serves as a basic combat unit for launching.
We can make a brief analysis with you.
A launch company has eight launch vehicles. If Ukraine is provided with Patriot III missiles, then one vehicle has eight missiles. A Patriot missile launch company has 64 missiles in the launch tube, eighty-eight sixty-four. Then if you add at least one Patriot missile launch battery in reserve, there should be 100 missiles, at least 100 missiles. This is what we have mentioned to everyone, that is, the United States has provided Ukraine with the first batch of Patriot missiles. This launch battery should have at least 100 Patriot missiles.
Where exactly these Patriot missiles are deployed, we will know how many Patriot missiles are needed to launch.
First of all, Kiev needs to have it. After all, it is an important capital. Lviv must have . It is also an important transportation hub and should be deployed. In addition, it is Odessa , this place is also very important. And there is Poltava. If there is wealth, at least places like Dnipro Oblast should deploy Patriot missile systems. If we calculate it this way, one, two, three, four, five, there should be at least five Patriot missile launch companies. The basic number of Patriot missiles that five Patriot missile launch companies should have should be 500, at least 500.
This is what we and everyone mentioned. But from Zelensky’s perspective, how much does he want? What he wants is the more the merrier. The more you give me. The more national security can be guaranteed. Russia's military actions against Ukraine will become more difficult. Break through its bottom line.
Therefore, Zelensky has a huge appetite on this issue. He hopes that the United States can provide more Patriot missiles to help maintain its own security. But we know that as American patriots, missiles are valuable. If you can provide one missile launch company, you may not be able to provide more missile launch points.
We might as well wait and see to see how generous the United States is.
