{"id":1801623,"date":"2023-01-10T19:34:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T00:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1801623"},"modified":"2023-01-10T19:34:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T00:34:59","slug":"pentagon-press-sec-says-ukrainian-forces-to-start-training-on-u-s-air-defense-system-on-american-soil-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-press-sec-says-ukrainian-forces-to-start-training-on-u-s-air-defense-system-on-american-soil-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Press Sec. Says Ukrainian Forces To Start Training On U.S. Air Defense System On American Soil Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpentagon-press-sec-says-ukrainian-forces-to-start-training-on-u-s-air-defense-system-on-american-soil-next-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1801623&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Air Force Brig., Defense Secretary. General Patrick Ryder stated Tuesday that Ukrainian troops will begin training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on the Patriot Air Defense System, as soon as next week. This is despite ongoing aerial attacks by Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p>Ryder stated to reporters that the training would prepare about 90 to 100 Ukrainian soldiers for operation, maintenance and support of the defensive system. The training course is expected to last several month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce fielded, the Patriot will continue to contribute to Ukraine\u2019s air defense capabilities and provide another capability to Ukrainian people to defend themselves against Russia\u2019s ongoing aerial assaults,\u201d Ryder.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PENTAGON SEC: &#8220;I can confirm that training for Ukrainian forces on the Patriot Air Defense System will begin as soon as next week at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gFDK1HbPsL\">pic.twitter.com\/gFDK1HbPsL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1612932809944965120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ryder added that the Patriot would help Ukraine&#8217;s air defense capabilities in a larger effort by the United States as well as the international community to give Ukraine the air defence capabilities it needs to protect its civilian population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that will enable them to take down \u2026 ballistic missiles, adversary aircraft; [it\u2019s] really up to them on how they employ it,\u201d He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/3264235\/ukrainian-troops-headed-to-us-for-patriot-missile-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement comes less than one month after the Biden administration announced it would provide $1.85 billion more in military aid for Ukraine. This included the Patriot air defense system, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zilenskyy believes Ukraine needs to protect itself against Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy spoke in a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/3784508-zelensky-to-us-lawmakers-your-money-is-not-charity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report<\/a> The Hill reported that U.S. aid would be used for weapons financing \u201ccrucial\u201d To help Ukraine defeat Russia and to serve as \u201cthe turning point to win on the battlefield.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The acronym &#8220;Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target&#8221; is called the Patriot. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/what-is-patriot-missile-defense-system-2022-12-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>Raytheon Technologies Corp has developed an advanced U.S. Air Defense System with theater-wide missile defense.<\/p>\n<p>Although the system was designed to intercept aircraft and missiles, Reuters reports that it could also be used to strike down. \u201ckamikaze\u201d Russian forces frequently use drones to destroy critical infrastructure in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Raytheon claimed that Patriot systems have intercepted more 150 ballistic weapons in combat since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/ukraine-russia-training-patriots-air-defense-rcna65142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Russian President Vladimir Putin called last month&#8217;s system obsolete and declared that Russia would continue to use it. \u201cknock down\u201d The Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>Raytheon has built over 240 systems and they are used in 18 countries. They usually contain a radar and control station, power generator and launch stations.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriot was first used by military forces during the 1991 Gulf War. It had batteries that protected Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. It was again used by officials in Iraq in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>According to Pentagon officials, the United States has provided Ukraine more than $24.2 billion in security aid since the war with Russia started on February 24, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said Tuesday that Ukrainian troops would begin training at Fort Sill in Oklahoma on the Patriot Air Defense System as soon as next week amid ongoing aerial attacks from Russian forces. Ryder told reporters the training would prepare approximately 90 to 100 Ukrainian soldiers to operate, maintain &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1801626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6229,4123,6202,3998,3945,3761,4604,13694,14327,3732,4213,7238,9082,3912,6195],"class_list":["post-1801623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-air","tag-american","tag-daily","tag-defense","tag-forces","tag-pentagon","tag-press","tag-sec","tag-soil","tag-start","tag-training","tag-u-s","tag-ukrainian","tag-week","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1801623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1801626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1801623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1801623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1801623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}