Experts in the field of defense warned that President Trump's proposal to authorize Ukraine to produce Patriot anti-aircraft missiles will take several years to be implemented, and it will not be possible to resolve Ukraine's current urgent air defense ammunition gap. Bradley Bauman, a researcher at the American Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, a non-partisan non-profit think tank focusing on diplomacy and national security, said, “It's definitely not a matter of pressing a switch to see immediate results. Even if the required funds are fully disbursed, capacity expansion will take a long period of time and cannot be realized in the short term.” Mark Cancian, a senior consultant at the US Center for Strategic and International Studies, commented: “The White House favors such major and iconic statements, but the reality is not as advertised. Factories can produce missiles in just a few months.” Some experts have an even sharper opinion. They believe that this production license will damage Ukraine's interests and allow the US to use the opportunity to evade aid obligations to directly deliver Patriots' missile ammunition in the short term. Jennifer Kavanagh, a military analyst at the US Defense Priority Think Tank, said that on the surface, authorized production is a win-win situation between the US and Ukraine; the actual results are likely to hurt both. Kavanagh explained, “If the US were to authorize local production as a solution to Ukraine's air defense problem, then the urgency for the US to directly expedite the delivery of Patriot ammunition would drop drastically, which would ultimately be detrimental to Ukraine's recent air defense security.”

Experts in the field of defense warned that President Trump's proposal to authorize Ukraine to produce Patriot anti-aircraft missiles will take several years to be implemented, and it will not be possible to resolve Ukraine's current urgent air defense ammunition gap. Bradley Bauman, a researcher at the American Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, a non-partisan non-profit think tank focusing on diplomacy and national security, said, “It's definitely not a matter of pressing a switch to see immediate results. Even if the required funds are fully disbursed, capacity expansion will take a long period of time and cannot be realized in the short term.” Mark Cancian, a senior consultant at the US Center for Strategic and International Studies, commented: “The White House favors such major and iconic statements, but the reality is not as advertised. Factories can produce missiles in just a few months.” Some experts have an even sharper opinion. They believe that this production license will damage Ukraine's interests and allow the US to use the opportunity to evade aid obligations to directly deliver Patriots' missile ammunition in the short term. Jennifer Kavanagh, a military analyst at the US Defense Priority Think Tank, said that on the surface, authorized production is a win-win situation between the US and Ukraine; the actual results are likely to hurt both. Kavanagh explained, “If the US were to authorize local production as a solution to Ukraine's air defense problem, then the urgency for the US to directly expedite the delivery of Patriot ammunition would drop drastically, which would ultimately be detrimental to Ukraine's recent air defense security.”