Retarded Twitter post. Integration of disparate systems is never that simple.
I think 99% of people doesn't grasp the magnitude of issue that Ukraine has.
Let say Ukraine had in 2021 inherited from the Soviet Union 3000 S-300 missiles, and another 6000 for medium /short range systems.
It would means 10 missile for each four missile s-300 launchers, so we don't talk about an excessive ammount.
If they used up that ammount of stock in a years time, then the cost of replenishment to last for one more year by USA systems:
Patriot : 4 million each (2021 prices) , * 3000 = 12 billion $
medium range missiles : 2 million each *6000 = 12 billion $
So, ONLY the value of epxended , inherited missiles in past year was 24 billion $, HALF of the procurment budget of the USA navy.
Say they want to transfer over to the patriot and all other garden variety systems, that would cost another 24 billion for radar, TEL, communication, maintanance and command posts, and we reached the FULL procurment budget of the USA navy.
Add ALL OHTER systems that the proxy war would need in the next year easly would eat the FULL procurment budget of USA military.
Of course there is not so much use for submarines, aircraft carriers and so on, so there would need an extreme push and spending for new manufacturing capacities, and that easly require the 2-4 times of the procurment budget, means the USA would needs to double the 2023-2024 military budget if want to keep on level the capability of Ukrainan army.
Again, it wouldn't make the Ukrainan army STRONGER, only stay on the same level like in 2022
All takl about the Israel systems missing the magnitude, Ukraine 30 times bigger than Israel. All defense system from Israel would be enought for a small portion of the front.
