Ukraine has been lobbying since the spring for the foremost American air-defence missile, the Patriot. But each Patriot battery costs upwards of $1bn, and requires at least 70 soldiers with months of training to operate
began screeching just after 9am on October 11th in Taras Shevchenko park in Odessa. Ukraine’s state emergency service was warning of a “high probability of missile strikes”, advising citizens to get to bomb shelters and stay there. Many locals, inured to such alarms after seven months of war, continued to stroll along the park’s tree-lined promenades and enjoy its views of the Black Sea, though others headed for safety.
Early in the war, Mr Zelensky called on Israel to sell Ukraine its Iron Dome system. In fact, as Mr Zelensky eventually acknowledged, that system is not appropriate: it is designed to stop small short-range rockets such as those launched by Hamas, a Palestinian militant group, and can cover only a limited area. Russia is attacking Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles such as the Kalibr and Kh-101, which can skim at low altitudes to avoid radar.
By deploying numerous batteries, it would be possible to establish a defensive line up to 100km long, covering the main routes Russian missiles are using. Most importantly, the IRIS-T’s command vehicle integrates different sources of radar data from ground stations and aircraft into a single information space, so that a battery can engage targets even if it cannot yet see them. Soviet legacy systems such as the Buk and S-300 can only attack objects tracked by their own radar.
Mr Biden did not make public which systems he had in mind. Ukraine has been lobbying since the spring for the foremost American air-defence missile, the Patriot. But “for now, we can only dream of getting this technology,” says Iurii Ignat, spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Force command. Each Patriot battery costs upwards of $1bn, and requires at least 70 soldiers with months of training to operate.
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