Getting two. one from the u.s. and one from germany. you will have to believe one of those would be used to defend kyiv. these systems can t defend the entire country. that s another question. that s what ukraine will have to decide, where to put these very capable systems. but the whole purpose is not that the patriots on themselves will change the war. it will simply give ukraine another option for aerial defense. a capable option but that requires to decide whether to focus it. there s a lot of steps to go through. you have new reporting on ukrainian forces coming to the u.s. to be trained on that patriot missile defense system. that training is now set to begin. ukrainian troops have arrived in oklahoma where the u.s. does not only its own military s training on patriots, but also other allies and partners who have come to train on the patriot system. we know according to a statement from fort sill, ukrainians have arrived, a team of 90 to 100, and they will begin training on t
Manpads that ukraine has already used for aerial defense. that s on top of what other countries have provided. patriots have their challenges though. they are large, complex systems. so the training, maintenance, sustainment, all of that will take time to learn. and that s part of the process here. the other crucial system that we re learning about, the precision bombing kids known as joint direct attack munitions. that allows ukraine to turn quote unquote dumb bombs into precision guided bombs. we have seen their use with great effect, precision guided munitions. for example, the himars system, the ex albert guided artillery systems, all of the have been critical for ukraine success on the battlefield so far. this will largely fill a similar role, these jdams. they can be used on a variety of different bombs, 500 palm bombs, 2000 pound bombs, the relatively annexed spence of according to boeing, only $22,000 per kit. fraction of the price of the game lars munitions used with
Operate. and ukraine has been asking for this for quite some time to beef up their aerial defenses. it would offer them a long-range aerial defense on top of the medium range nasems and shorter range stingers. those are options that ukraine already has. that s why it s such a significant announcement and moment, even if it will take a matter of time, weeks, perhaps even months for the training, not only on how to operate the system, but for the maintenance and logistics. jake, he will add that we re also learning another part of this package will be known as j-dems, kits that go on, quote, unquote dumb bombs to make them precision weapons that will also be included we ve learned from u.s. officials that will add to ukraine s capability to attack russian forces, russian hard points. that also there comes with its own challenges, how to fire a u.s.-made weapon off a soviet-era fighter. that s a challenge they ve already come before. but with zelenskyy here, the expectation he is coming,