The Patriot missiles will likely be manufactured in Germany or another European country, and production could be moved to Ukraine after the conflict ends, Reuters reports, citing sources.
Experts believe that it will take time to establish production of Raytheon's PAC-2 or Lockheed's PAC-3 Patriot missiles.
"I would be very surprised if it takes less than 12 months. I think it will take much longer," Fabian Hoffmann of the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment in Oslo told the agency.