Germany wants to buy an additional $1.3bn worth of Patriot surface-to-air missiles

Germany is considering purchasing additional Patriot surface-to-air missile systems for the army.

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The information was shared by the American edition of Bloomberg, citing its sources. We are talking about 4 complexes for the amount of $1.3 billion. By the way, earlier the Ministry of Defence of Germany signed a contract with Raytheon for the purchase of 4 Patriot batteries. The value of the contract exceeds $1.2bn.

Plans for the purchase of new systems are still at an early stage. Officials are considering different options, as well as assessing the possibility of financing the project. By the way, it recently became known that Germany will transfer one battery of Patriot SAM systems from its stockpile to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Flashback

Patriot is an anti-aircraft missile system developed by the American company Raytheon. It consists of an air interception missile and a high-performance radar system. The probability of hitting an aircraft is 0.8-0.9, while a tactical missile is 0.6-0.8. The cost of one missile is about $3 million.

Source: Bloomberg