Man, sit down and hold on tight, because what I found out today from Fane's boys made my BMW fall into potholes and left me speechless! Lockheed Martin, you know, the ones who make the Patriot systems, announced at an air show in Berlin that they no longer guarantee missile deliveries for allies. That means for us, bro! Brian Dunn, one of their guys, vice president of strategy, said clearly: 'We don't control distribution. We can't tell anyone where they'll be on the priority list.' Come on, let's be serious, it's like we're back in line for bread, except here we're talking about billion-dollar missiles.

Bro, the situation is totally screwed. Against the backdrop of the war with Iran, everyone wants PAC-3 MSE missiles, and Lockheed can barely keep up. They tripled production, but it's still not enough. We Romanians bought Patriot systems with PAC-2 missiles and 168 PAC-3 MSE missiles for anti-missile defense. And now? We're standing in line, like at Fane's when there's a big barbecue, next to Germans, Japanese, Poles, Arabs. Who's first? No idea. I'm not buying this story: we pay billions and wait like beggars.

Lockheed increased production from 380 units in 2023 to 620 in 2025, and by 2027 they want to make 750 a year. In April 2026, the Americans signed a $4.76 billion contract, so something's moving. But for us, the deadlines are foggy. In Sibiu, where there's theater and fine cheese, maybe they don't feel it, but in Mehedinți, the poorest county, what do you do when something comes from above? You pray to God you won't need the Patriot. But me, with my 2008 BMW, I'd kinda like to know we're protected.

Then there's the local production part. Boeing and the Pentagon signed a 7-year deal to expand guidance head manufacturing in Huntsville. Ukraine asked for a license to make Patriot missiles, Poland already got one. Us? Smells like a scam, bro. Why can't we too? In Neamț, with its monasteries and smoked trout, maybe the monks would help with a prayer, but I think we need more. Just like we missed the Moldova highway, same with the Patriot: we pay, we wait, and in the end we're left with a swollen lip.

Listen, Mioara told me to stop betting at the betting shops. But now I'd bet that Romania won't see these missiles anytime soon. Who pays? Us, the taxpayers. I'm going to tell Brian to quit TikTok and seriously consider a career in defense, maybe he'll get a license faster.