According to Pompeo, air defense around the world works "with varying success."
“Pompeo admitted: Patriot complexes operate with varying success.” Thus, one cannot rely on them. Why buy them then? The height of the absurdity is to impose sanctions for refusing to acquire systems that work "with varying success." After this story, there is no alternative to our S-400, ”Pushkov wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, the US Secretary of State assessed the failure of the Patriot air defense system during an attack on a Saudi refinery.
He noted that "even some of the best systems in the world do not always hit targets."