Yes. Michael Weiss, Aug 9 from The Atlantic:

Posted on August 10, 2026 at 02:22:22 PM by onb

On the Hill, one Republican official in favor of the license told me about an unreported hiccup in the deal. Raytheon and Lockheed, the makers of the Patriot system, “will officially frame their concerns around IP theft and tech transfer,” he said, but “their real worry is that the Ukrainians will find a way to improve the Patriot and then produce them at scale faster and for much less money than what the existing production lines in the U.S. could do.”

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Iran now saying they are just going to wait out Trump's term? That seems pretty bad. I can't believe him constantly leaking negotiations to social media and then threatening to commit war crimes against them hasn't worked.* - By gbmcq August 10, 2026 at 01:15:24 PM
- Sounds like we don't have enough interceptors left to sustain a prolonged tit for tat. A complete failure to plan, resulted in, go figure, a failure* - By Daytripper August 10, 2026 at 01:37:47 PM
  - Also I read somewhere that Lockheed/Raytheon not willing to work with Ukraine on interceptors out of fear they will develop cheaper more effective tech and eat into IP* - By Cincywolve August 10, 2026 at 01:43:42 PM
    - Yes. Michael Weiss, Aug 9 from The Atlantic: - By onb August 10, 2026 at 02:22:22 PM
- Dying to know what nuance Trump is hinting at lately. Media has us covered. * - By mattb August 10, 2026 at 01:18:09 PM
- Probably a short wait. They’d rather deal with the sane and wise pope killer. * - By jhamm August 10, 2026 at 01:17:57 PM

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Yes. Michael Weiss, Aug 9 from The Atlantic: