“Trump may have given his approval, but the plan is still unworkable,” said Jennifer Kavanagh, a senior fellow and director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, a US think tank. “Ukraine will still need to build production facilities that meet [export] requirements, overcome input part shortages, and pass through many layers of US legal hurdles.”
There’s also the risk of classified technology making its way to adversaries, Kavanagh said.
“There are huge risks with giving this technology to Ukraine. It’s highly likely in my view that if the licenses were given to Ukraine the technology would end up in Russian and Chinese hands,” she said.
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