defensive missile

Speaking Saturday on Ukrainian state TV, Ihnat declined to give a precise timeline for the arrival of the defensive missile system but said the public would know “as soon as the first Russian aircraft is shot down.”

Army post in Oklahoma, and returned to Europe to learn more about using the defensive missile system to track and shoot down enemy aircraft.

Spilling out of the sand-colored vehicles and quickly setting up the launchers were some of the 65 Ukrainian soldiers who have been training at the installation since January on how to use the defensive missile system to track and shoot down enemy aircraft.

Rocket motors like those made by Aerojet are used in everything from the homeland defensive missile system to Stinger missiles.

Even if the defensive batteries are manned by hastily trained Ukrainian soldiers, there are concerns a Patriot defensive missile could go astray and land inside Russia.