DIY air defense: Zelenskyy and Rutte ask the US for production licenses
Getting ready-made air defense systems from allies is like waiting for a rare sneaker drop. So, Kyiv is looking for a shortcut: printing them at home.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Mark Rutte, the new head of NATO, to discuss a beautifully simple idea. Instead of begging for more Patriot launchers every month, why not just get the blueprints?
The plan is to convince the Americans to hand over production licenses for air defense systems. If this goes through, Ukraine could legally build its own shields against Russian missiles right at home.
Of course, getting the US bureaucracy to share high-tech military IP is usually harder than getting water from a stone. But hey, desperate times call for ambitious licensing agreements.
Building American tech locally would definitely solve the shipping delays, assuming the bureaucracy doesn't take longer than the war itself.
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