At least one, likely two Patriot launchers have been destroyed by a missile strike from Russia in Donetsk. Initially reported as S-300, but identified as bei...
Patriot is billion dollar system, but that’s entire system with the destroyed launcher being the cheaper part. (IIRC there are 6 launchers in single system)
The main issue is that there’s limited amount of the mobile launchers available as Patriot was built primarily as static AA defense.
Patriot is billion dollar system, but that’s entire system with the destroyed launcher being the cheaper part. (IIRC there are 6 launchers in single system)
The main issue is that there’s limited amount of the mobile launchers available as Patriot was built primarily as static AA defense.