The Patriot Trap: Ukraine Is Repeating Its Costliest Ballistic Mistake
· 31 min
Episode The Patriot Trap: Ukraine Is Repeating Its Costliest Ballistic Mistake
Bottom Line: Seen from Zhytomyr in August 2026, Ukraine, once the core of Soviet ballistic design, wasted years without rebuilding its own missiles and interceptors while russia and North Korea refined theirs. Kyiv now repeats the error by staking its anti-ballistic defense on an uncertain American Patriot license, a hope that shaped its agreement to halt strikes on CPC tankers, although PAC-3 output cannot meet its needs. Survival instead requires Aster production, SAMP/T NG, Freya and Ukrainian ballistic missiles.
The Patriot Trap: Ukraine Is Repeating Its Costliest Ballistic Mistake By Giorgio Provinciali and Alla Perdei · 13 August 2026 · terykon.com
Narrated by an AI-generated voice. Text by Giorgio Provinciali and Alla Perdei (Terykon).
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