Per the New York Times, the newly announced Patriot Air Defense Battery will come directly from Poland, where it was protecting U.S. troops that were deployed there, but who are rotating out of the region. What's important about that development is that due to the proximity to Ukraine, the battery is expected to arrive in Ukraine in the coming days. The surge of Western air defense to the region is not coincidental. Ukraine's first F-16s are slated to arrive in the next 3-4 weeks and layered air defense will be extremely important to protecting them on the ground.A couple Patriot updates today:
- Biden has approved the transfer of an additional Patriot system for Ukraine, according to the NYT
- Scholz announced the transfer of Germany's 3rd Patriot system to Ukraine in the coming weeks
- On April 17, Netherlands' Mark Rutte's announced that he is looking to compile a Patriot system for Ukraine together with other countries. Today Rutte announced that NL will provide "a radar and three launch systems for this purpose"
Ukraine would be really smart to reach out to Israel
![Flag: Israel :flag_il: ๐ฎ๐ฑ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1ee-1f1f1.png)
Ukraine will have the following tier 1 air defense systems by the end of June:
2x PAC 3 Patriot Batteries
![Flag: United States :flag_us: ๐บ๐ธ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1f8.png)
3x PAC 2 Patriot Batteries
![Flag: Germany :flag_de: ๐ฉ๐ช](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1e9-1f1ea.png)
1x PAC 2 Battery
![Flag: Netherlands :flag_nl: ๐ณ๐ฑ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1f3-1f1f1.png)
![Flag: Germany :flag_de: ๐ฉ๐ช](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1e9-1f1ea.png)
![Flag: Romania :flag_ro: ๐ท๐ด](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1f7-1f1f4.png)
![Flag: Sweden :flag_se: ๐ธ๐ช](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1f8-1f1ea.png)
1x SAMP/T Battery
![Flag: France :flag_fr: ๐ซ๐ท](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1eb-1f1f7.png)
1x SAMP/T Battery
![Flag: Italy :flag_it: ๐ฎ๐น](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1ee-1f1f9.png)
Note: the Battery being assembled by the Netherlands with components from Germany, Romania and Sweden has not been formally announced. It's in the works, but not all countries have agreed on a delivery timeline yet.
Ukraine
![Flag: Ukraine :flag_ua: ๐บ๐ฆ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1e6.png)
![Flag: Germany :flag_de: ๐ฉ๐ช](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1e9-1f1ea.png)
![Flag: United States :flag_us: ๐บ๐ธ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1f8.png)
![Flag: United States :flag_us: ๐บ๐ธ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1f8.png)
![Flag: Germany :flag_de: ๐ฉ๐ช](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1e9-1f1ea.png)
![Flag: Japan :flag_jp: ๐ฏ๐ต](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1ef-1f1f5.png)
Ukraine's air defense is slowly, but surely, starting to become really dense and layered. By mid 2025 Ukraine is expected to have the following.
Long Range (Tier 1)
2x Patriot PAC 3 Battery
![Flag: United States :flag_us: ๐บ๐ธ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1f8.png)
4x Patriot PAC 2 Battery
![Flag: Germany :flag_de: ๐ฉ๐ช](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1e9-1f1ea.png)
![Flag: Netherlands :flag_nl: ๐ณ๐ฑ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1f3-1f1f1.png)
![Flag: Sweden :flag_se: ๐ธ๐ช](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1f8-1f1ea.png)
![Flag: Romania :flag_ro: ๐ท๐ด](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1f7-1f1f4.png)
2x SAMP/T Battery
![Flag: France :flag_fr: ๐ซ๐ท](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1eb-1f1f7.png)
![Flag: Italy :flag_it: ๐ฎ๐น](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1ee-1f1f9.png)
Medium Range (Tier 2)
12x IRIS-T SLM Battery
![Flag: Germany :flag_de: ๐ฉ๐ช](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1e9-1f1ea.png)
15x NASAMS Battery
![Flag: United States :flag_us: ๐บ๐ธ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1f8.png)
![Flag: Canada :flag_ca: ๐จ๐ฆ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1e8-1f1e6.png)
![Flag: Norway :flag_no: ๐ณ๐ด](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1f3-1f1f4.png)
![Flag: Lithuania :flag_lt: ๐ฑ๐น](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1f1-1f1f9.png)
6+ HAWK Batteries
![Flag: United States :flag_us: ๐บ๐ธ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1f8.png)
![Flag: Spain :flag_es: ๐ช๐ธ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1ea-1f1f8.png)
![Flag: Sweden :flag_se: ๐ธ๐ช](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1f8-1f1ea.png)
2x Crotale NG Batteries
![Flag: France :flag_fr: ๐ซ๐ท](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1eb-1f1f7.png)
2x Spada Systems
![Flag: Spain :flag_es: ๐ช๐ธ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1ea-1f1f8.png)
![Flag: Italy :flag_it: ๐ฎ๐น](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1ee-1f1f9.png)
Short Range (Tier 3)
12x IRIS-T SLS
![Flag: Germany :flag_de: ๐ฉ๐ช](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1e9-1f1ea.png)
4x Skynex
![Flag: Germany :flag_de: ๐ฉ๐ช](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1e9-1f1ea.png)
85x Gepard / Cheetah
![Flag: Germany :flag_de: ๐ฉ๐ช](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1e9-1f1ea.png)
![Flag: United States :flag_us: ๐บ๐ธ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1f8.png)
30+ FrankenSAM
![Flag: United States :flag_us: ๐บ๐ธ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1f8.png)
14x Vampire (Counter UAV)
![Flag: United States :flag_us: ๐บ๐ธ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1f8.png)
12x Avenger (Stinger based)
![Flag: United States :flag_us: ๐บ๐ธ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1f8.png)
1x Terrahawk Paladin Britain
![Flag: United Kingdom :flag_gb: ๐ฌ๐ง](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1ec-1f1e7.png)
6+ Supacat (ASRAAM based)
![Flag: United Kingdom :flag_gb: ๐ฌ๐ง](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1ec-1f1e7.png)
4+ Stormer (Starstreak based)
![Flag: United Kingdom :flag_gb: ๐ฌ๐ง](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1ec-1f1e7.png)
6+ RBS-70
![Flag: Sweden :flag_se: ๐ธ๐ช](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1f8-1f1ea.png)
![Flag: Australia :flag_au: ๐ฆ๐บ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1e6-1f1fa.png)
Note: Ukraine
![Flag: Ukraine :flag_ua: ๐บ๐ฆ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1e6.png)
![Flag: Poland :flag_pl: ๐ต๐ฑ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1f5-1f1f1.png)
![Flag: Czechia :flag_cz: ๐จ๐ฟ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1e8-1f1ff.png)
![Flag: Slovakia :flag_sk: ๐ธ๐ฐ](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f1f8-1f1f0.png)