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F-16's make sense, they are combat effective.

Patriot missiles make less sense. They are crap. The only redeeming value to provide Patriots is to deplete inventory.

Patriots draw fire. If the Russians are focused on nullifying the patriots, then chances of Russian missiles hitting something further back are lower.

They have no training or experience flying F-16s. They wouldn't be able to maintain and repair the jets either without training and parts from the US.

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