Sunshine@piefed.ca to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoA US license could let Ukraine produce Patriot missiles, but it won’t be simple or quickapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down11
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkA US license could let Ukraine produce Patriot missiles, but it won’t be simple or quickapnews.comSunshine@piefed.ca to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agohttps://youtu.be/zmQUzZkRWdY They’re already developing their own version. A licence to build Patriot systems will speed up the process, but I’d bet the USs bigger goal is to maintain Ukraine as a customer vs a competitor.
minus-squareSunshine@piefed.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoTrump just cares about money.
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIndeed. You can’t sell someone components and charge them licence fees/royalties if they just replace your product with their own and cut you out of the picture.
https://youtu.be/zmQUzZkRWdY
They’re already developing their own version.
A licence to build Patriot systems will speed up the process, but I’d bet the USs bigger goal is to maintain Ukraine as a customer vs a competitor.
Trump just cares about money.
Indeed. You can’t sell someone components and charge them licence fees/royalties if they just replace your product with their own and cut you out of the picture.