US soldiers participate in Patriot missile training at Mount Eitam, Israel in 2018.
US soldiers participate in Patriot missile training at Mount Eitam, Israel in 2018.
  • Israel has never been impressed with the US-made Patriot air defense system.
  • In 1991, it failed to intercept nearly all of the Iraqi Scud missiles fired at Israeli cities.
  • Israel may not need the Patriots, but Ukraine is pleading for more. 

Israel has never been satisfied with its version of the Patriot air defense system that Ukraine views as essential to its survival.