Netherlands Ordered Patriot Air Defense System components to Compensate for supplies to Ukraine

The Netherlands has ordered the new elements of the Patriot air defense system to compensate for the transfer of a part of such a system to Ukraine last year as part of military aid.

The American company RTX (Raytheon) announced the receipt of the order on its website.

The contract is worth $529 million.

The Dutch Ministry of Defence reported that it had been a purchase of a radar. As well as an unspecified number of Patriot missile launchers and spare parts.

All ordered equipment should be delivered during 2029.

Last November, the Netherlands handed over three Patriot air defense launchers to Ukraine as part of military aid.

“We have transferred three Patriot launchers. They save lives and protect vital infrastructure. It has been and remains in our common interest to stop Russian aggression,” Brekelmans emphasized.

And before that, in September, a radar for this SAM was delivered.

Patriot from the Netherlands

At the end of May this year, the Netherlands announced its intention to cooperate with allies to form a joint battery of Patriot air defense missile systems to be transferred to Ukraine to help strengthen its air defense against the backdrop of constant Russian drone and missile attacks.

Prior to that, Mark Rutte, the former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, also proposed the idea of Western countries buying Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine from states that have them but do not want to provide them to Kyiv.

The government then agreed to provide three launchers and the AN/MPQ-53 radar system as part of the project. Other countries would have to provide a control center, additional launchers, and support equipment.

However, three months after this announcement, none of the allied countries joined the initiative. Hence, the Dutch government decided to provide Ukraine with the allocated system elements without waiting for a full-fledged SAM battery to be formed.