When will Ukraine be able to produce missiles for Patriot?

Ukraine will be able to start production of PAC-3 missiles for Patriot systems in approximately 4-6 years, but only if licenses for the creation and rights to manufacture critical components are transferred. This assessment was voiced by CEO of Fire Point Iryna Terekh, reports UNN.

"I think this is not a one-year process. If I were to estimate, it is probably 4 to 6 years, but provided that licenses for the production of critical components, which will be a bottleneck in the manufacture of this missile, are also transferred," Terekh explained.

She emphasized that the main problem is not solid-fuel engines, the production of which Ukrainian companies are already mastering, but high-tech components, in particular seeker heads (GSN), which are manufactured by specialized subcontractor companies.

Terekh also noted that Ukraine is in difficult conditions for production, because due to the constant threat of Russian strikes, production is being built as a distributed system: with protected, duplicated, mutually redundant production sites capable of operating even after attacks.

"From the experience of Japan, Poland, and Germany, we still see that this is a process that takes years. In Ukraine, we cannot afford the luxury of a factory located on a single site. Our factory is not walls, but an entire system. It must be discrete, it must be protected, distributed, insured against strikes, duplicated. If we multiply all this by Ukrainian realities and even factor in the talent of Ukrainians, it is indeed an extremely complex technological thing. That is why we are trying to simplify our weapons as much as possible, because we understand that we will never be able to produce such super-technological weapons in large quantities," noted the CEO of Fire Point.

Reminder 

The results of "Ukrainian long-range sanctions" were directly reflected in forecasts for oil production in Russia. The International Energy Agency (IEA) worsened its forecast for Russian oil supplies by 85 thousand barrels per day this year and by another 150 thousand barrels per day in 2027.

At the same time, Russia has already faced an internal fuel crisis. After strikes on the largest refineries, the Russian authorities were forced to ban the export of diesel fuel and impose restrictions on the sale of gasoline and aviation fuel abroad to curb shortages on the domestic market.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine forced a country that for decades was one of the world's largest energy exporters to seek opportunities for fuel imports.

"I think if Yeltsin had known that in 20-plus years Russia would be importing energy instead of exporting because it stupidly decided to start a war, Yeltsin would have chosen a different 'successor,'" the President of Ukraine stated.