France and Italy have been using the SAMP-T anti-aircraft missile system since 2011. Germany has a total of twelve Patriot batteries, a third of which will soon go to Ukraine.
The “Mamba” 3D multifunctional radar developed by Thomson-CSF should be able to track 100 targets at the same time. The French use the military variant of the Renault Kerax truck as a weapon platform, while the Italians rely on Iveco trucks. In addition to the traffic light federal government, only the USA has provided two systems and the Dutch have provided two launch pads; a single system has a range of 160 kilometers.. Russia has been constantly attacking Ukraine's major cities for weeks with sometimes heavy air strikes, especially in the case of Kharkiv, the second largest city in the battered country with 1.5 million inhabitants. The Ukrainians' needs are correspondingly urgent, while Kremlin autocrat Vladimir Putin uninhibitedly bombs Ukrainian cities into rubble and ash.