Chas Freeman, a retired US diplomat and former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, said even with US production licenses Ukraine would be unable to assemble Patriot air-defense systems for several years. He said produci

2026-07-11

Chas Freeman, a retired US diplomat and former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, said even with US production licenses Ukraine would be unable to assemble Patriot air-defense systems for several years. He said producing a complete Patriot system in the US takes about two years and that the US currently has no Patriots to supply Ukraine and will not have any for years. Freeman added, we expect the conflict will be over by then.

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