{"id":272186,"date":"2026-07-11T08:14:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T05:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/ukraines-patriot-play-is-both-impossible-and-pointless-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T08:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T05:14:40","slug":"ukraines-patriot-play-is-both-impossible-and-pointless-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/ukraines-patriot-play-is-both-impossible-and-pointless-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s Patriot Play is Both Impossible and Pointless: Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/span><span class=\"photoview__desc-text\">Patriot missles are seen at the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport, March 25, 2022, in Jasionka, Poland, as then-US President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One enroute to Warsaw, Poland.<\/span><img src=\"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/17880985a644be817bacfd23b1cca38b.jpg\"  \/><span class=\"article__news-services--label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"article__news-services--list\">\n<li class=\"article__news-services--item social-service\" title=\"Telegram\" data-name=\"telegram\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"article__news-services--item social-service\" title=\"X\" data-name=\"twitter\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIn theory,\u201d one can dream about building \u201canything and anywhere.\u201d In practice, cold hard realities get in the way, says veteran Russian military analyst Alexei Leonkov, commenting on Ukraine\u2019s hopes to license-build Patriot missile interceptors.Speaking to Sputnik, Leonkov pointed out that:Japan got a license over 20 years ago but only makes ~30 interceptors a year, with production bottlenecked for reasons which remain unknown. Germany got the ok in 2022 but hasn\u2019t built a single one. &#8220;How can Ukraine, which does not have its own real military-industrial complex located on its own territory, produce this?&#8221;production in Ukraine would be extremely limited (the US itself makes only 600-650 a year, but spent over 1.2k Patriot interceptors in the recent war with Iran, for example)where would production go? Underground bunkers, in reach of Oreshnik missiles? &#8220;They can embark on construction, but protecting it from our high-precision strikes is completely unrealistic.&#8221; The 2025 destruction of Ukraine&#8217;s Sapsan missile production is a case in point.where would parts and rare earths come from (the latter&#8217;s market is cornered by China and Russia)Leonkov doesn\u2019t rule out it\u2019s all a scam \u2013 Ukraine isn\u2019t asking for a license for itself, but a third party, like Britain, which has been sought similar SAM tech to help develop its own national systems for a long time.Alternatively, perhaps Ukraine will try to mask assembly with license production &#8211; similarly to what they&#8217;ve done with drones &#8211; built in European NATO countries but marketed as &#8220;Made in Ukraine.&#8221;AnalysisUkraine\u2019s \u2018Patriot\u2019 License Just Money Laundering Scheme Dressed Up as \u2018Good Deal\u2019 &#8211; Expert9 July, 13:56 GMT<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/20260710\/ukraines-patriot-play-is-both-impossible-and-pointless-heres-why-1124432377.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patriot missles are seen at the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport, March 25, 2022, in Jasionka, Poland, as then-US President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One enroute to Warsaw, Poland. \u201cIn theory,\u201d one can dream about building \u201canything and anywhere.\u201d In practice, cold hard realities get in the way, says veteran Russian military analyst Alexei Leonkov, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":272188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[180],"tags":[11844,2403,2622,2257,2782,2182,17218],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ukraine\u2019s Patriot Play is Both Impossible and Pointless: Here\u2019s Why - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/ukraines-patriot-play-is-both-impossible-and-pointless-heres-why\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ukraine\u2019s Patriot Play is Both Impossible and Pointless: Here\u2019s Why - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Patriot missles are seen at the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport, March 25, 2022, in Jasionka, Poland, as then-US President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One enroute to Warsaw, Poland. \u201cIn theory,\u201d one can dream about building \u201canything and anywhere.\u201d In practice, cold hard realities get in the way, says veteran Russian military analyst Alexei Leonkov, &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/ukraines-patriot-play-is-both-impossible-and-pointless-heres-why\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-11T05:14:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/17880985a644be817bacfd23b1cca38b-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"Breaking News &amp; 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