The Jew Zelensky must be coked out of his mind when he does these media interviews. He is now demanding 50 Patriot Missile Systems to defend Ukrainian cities. Each one of these systems costs over a billion dollars.

RT:

Ukraine needs dozens of US-made Patriot air defense system batteries if it hopes to protect its infrastructure and troops on the battlefield against Russian air superiority, President Vladimir Zelensky told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in an interview published on Saturday. The total cost of his demand exceeds the amount of money Washington has already spent on military assistance for Kiev.

Patriot is the “only system in the world” capable of intercepting certain advanced types of Russian missiles, Zelensky claimed, adding that “there is a weapon” supposedly capable of drastically reducing Russian capabilities when it comes to airstrikes and missile attacks.

In May, Kiev claimed its troops had managed to intercept a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile using a Patriot air defense system. Moscow denied those claims, adding that Ukraine routinely exaggerates the effectiveness of its air defenses.

In the interview, Zelensky maintained that as many as 50 Patriot batteries would be needed to sufficiently protect Ukraine’s cities and its troops on the battlefield ahead of the much-touted counteroffensive. Launching the operation without such air defenses means “a large number of soldiers will die,” he said. “Everyone knows perfectly well that any counteroffensive without air superiority is very dangerous,” the president added.

Each Patriot battery costs around $1.1 billion, according to estimates by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank, cited by Forbes. The total cost of Zelensky’s demand thus translates to a military aid package worth $55 billion, which is more than the total amount of US military aid allocated to Kiev thus far.

Demanding $55 billion more in equipment is ridiculous, especially when the demand is centered around these Patriot systems.

There’s no evidence that these Patriot systems can shoot down Russia’s hypersonic missiles. In fact, the performance of these systems over the decades has been in great question. Foreign Policy which is a regime publication published a 2018 article describing these expensive systems as a “lemon.”

The units that have been deployed to Kiev have obviously failed to protect the city from Russian attacks. You also have videos on social media like this being posted.

These systems were first deployed during the Gulf War in the early 1990s and there performance was greatly exaggerated to the American public. Many of the problems that existed back then have never been fixed.

But sure, let’s just give $55 billion worth of these useless systems to the Ukraine so the Russians can blow them up. Sounds like a fantastic idea.