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White House Licenses Patriot Production for Ukraine as Global Interceptor Stocks Run Low

The US will grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, President Donald Trump announces after talks at the NATO summit in Ankara.US industry is already building four plants to speed manufacturing, but the US manufacturer has not been formally notified and legal and technical transfers remain complex.Allied firing has exhausted large portions of global stocks, Lockheed Martin produces roughly 600 interceptors annually, and Ukrainian officials warn Russian ballistic output is straining defenses.NATO countries commit €70B in military aid this year, Ukrainian leaders and ministers are negotiating technology transfers, and officials say licensed production could begin by fall or within two to three months.
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