next week i Ukrainian soldiers starts theeducation on patriot in United States. We don’t know how long it will take Washington to prepare Kiev’s military to deploy the anti-aircraft system. It could take several months to get everything ready, although no further details have been filtered out at this time.
Ukrainian soldiers in the USA
US officials told CNN that the training of Ukrainian soldiers will take place on Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where US forces routinely conduct their air defense systems training programs. Remember that Fort Sill is one of the four basic training locationsUS Army and that the site is home to the service’s field artillery school, which has been training soldiers for more than a century.
The preparation of the Ukrainians for the Patriots will take “several months”, he said, he even confirmed. Laura Cooper, US Undersecretary of Defense for Russia and Ukraine. “I can’t give a specific timeframe for the completion of practice,” Cooper added.
In recent days, the Pentagon press secretary, the general Pat Rydersaid the United States is evaluating a variety of options for where Patriot missile training can be conducted “to include potential training here in the United Statesabroad or a combination of both”. Apparently, part of the training will take place on American soil. It remains to be seen whether further training courses will take place abroad at the same time.
The Role of the Patriots
Joe Biden announced the delivery of defense systems to Ukraine during the visit of the Ukrainian President to Washington Volodymyr Zelenskyylast on 21.12. there Germany recently announced that it will ship a second Patriot missile system from its inventory to Ukraine.
The Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniev Rau, welcomed Germany’s decision to send the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine. This decision by the federal government “corresponds to Poland’s proposals from last November,” Rau recalled. In defending against Russian aggression, “Ukraine needs our support,” added the Polish minister.
training required
What is certain is that the Ukrainian army must go through the inevitable education to make the most of the wild card offered by Washington. “The Patriot requires training and we expect it to take several Months In any case, he added, the Patriots would “give Ukraine considerable long-range capability” to fight back “Cruise missiles, ballistic missiles” to defend missiles and aircraft.” Different from that air defense systems Finally, smaller Patriot missile batteries require much larger crews and dozens of people to operate them properly.