WIADOMOŚCIANALIZA Ukraine’s Patriot factory illusion Aleksander Olech Photo. However, receiving an American licence would not have meant that missiles could immediately begin leaving a Ukrainian or European factory. This is particularly important because the existing American production system is itself struggling to meet rapidly growing global demand. A Patriot production programme would require billions of dollars before the first interceptor was completed. Nevertheless, transforming each delay or refusal into a political conflict risks weakening the coalition on which Ukrainian security still depends.