Military
Trump grants Ukraine Patriot missile production license without manufacturer approval
Alexander Mercouris
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"Trump, who is the president of the United States, has no right or authority to grant licenses for production of Patriot missiles to a third country without first giving per first getting the agreement of the manufacturer, which is of course Rathon Industries, a private company whose copyright which has the intellectual property rights to the patriot system."
According to the analyst, President Trump handed over complete plans for the Patriot missile system to Zelensky at the NATO summit, purportedly granting Ukraine permission to manufacture the advanced air defense system. The move is characterized as legally dubious since Trump lacks authority to transfer intellectual property rights owned by Raytheon Industries without the company's consent. The analyst dismisses the gesture as both legally questionable and practically impossible given Ukraine's bombed industrial capacity.
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Alexander Mercouris