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US cannot provide enough missiles for Gulf states and Ukraine: EU commissioner
Demand for US Patriot missiles from Ukraine and Gulf states exceeds annual US production capacity, prompting urgent calls to boost European missile manufacturing, EU commissioner said.
- On Friday, EU defence and space commissioner Andrius Kubilius said the United States cannot provide enough missiles to Gulf states and Ukraine at a joint press conference with Polish defence minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.
- Ukraine needs around 700 Patriot, PAC-2 and PAC-3 missiles for winter, matching American manufacturers' annual production, and Kubilius linked this to urgency after the Iranian crisis.
- Kubilius warned Europe faces a "huge challenge" developing anti-missile defences and said Ukraine's needs are "immense," urging urgent increases in missile production.
- Zelensky recently proposed Gulf states exchange Patriot missiles for Ukrainian drone interceptors to defend against Iranian drone attacks.
- Faced with constrained US output, EU defence and space commissioner Kubilius urged rapid European missile production, describing the situation as "really critical".
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The European Commission for Defence and Space has come to Poland to ask for missiles for Ukraine.
Kubilius: "Usa cannot provide Patriot both in the Gulf and in Kiev" (ANSA)
·Rome, Italy
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US cannot provide enough missiles for Gulf states and Ukraine: EU commissioner
EU defense commissioner Andrius Kubilius stated Friday that the US cannot supply sufficient missiles to Gulf states and Ukraine. He emphasized Europe's urgent need to increase air and anti-ballistic missile production due to immense Ukrainian needs, estimating Ukraine requires nearly a year's worth of US production for winter alone.
·Mumbai, India
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