The United States has supplied Ukraine with 847 advanced Patriot missiles worth $3.26 billion, following an initial $1.85 billion aid package in December 2022, according to an analysis of US Department of Defense budget reports by a Sputnik correspondent.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - After including a Patriot air defense battery as part of the $1.85 billion military aid package to Ukraine in December 2022, the United States has since transferred at least 847 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles worth about $3.26 billion to Kiev, a Sputnik correspondent's analysis of US Department of Defense (DOD) budget reports showed.
Following Russia’s successful test of the Oreshnik hypersonic missile on the battlefield in Ukraine in late November, the Netherlands has transferred additional Patriot batteries to Kiev.
The US has provided two additional Patriot batteries to Ukraine in subsequent military aid packages, after the initial delivery in December 2022.
Poster Comment:
American weapons are expensive and don't work as well as Soviet era ones in this case. The S-300 of 1978 is far superior to the Patriot of 2024.