Trump floats license for Ukraine to mass-produce Patriot missiles
At a NATO summit, Trump proposed giving Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot interceptor missiles after Zelensky formally requested licensed production in May. Patriots are costly and high-tech (about $1 billion per battery) with limited annual output, and the US has been reluctant to divert stockpiles. Trump said Ukraine could produce them quickly once authorized, but experts warn on-site Ukrainian production would face technical, legal, and security hurdles and could take months.