The Patriot system can track dozens of targets at once. It will be the first weapon in Ukraine’s arsenal capable of knocking down ballistic missiles, which continue to pose a threat
on January 14th, as millions of Ukrainians were relaxing at home after Saturday lunch, a Tupolev Tu-223 warplane hovering over Russia’s Kursk region fired a Kh-22 missile, equipped with a 950kg warhead, towards Ukraine. Half an hour later the missile, designed to destroy aircraft carriers, struck an apartment block in Dnipro, a city in central Ukraine. The attack killed at least 46 people, burying them and some survivors under nine floors of rubble.
Ukraine has no weapons capable of shooting down missiles like the Kh-22, which can reach supersonic speeds of more than 5,000kph.-104 Patriot systems. America and Germany each recently agreed to provide Ukraine with one Patriot battery. On January 17th about 100 Ukrainian troops, the number needed to operate a single battery, began training on the Patriots at an American army base in Oklahoma.
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