All of the military merchandizes have to get export license from State Department according to ITAR. The Patriot missiles were designed and manufactured by Raytheon originally and the PAC-3 was manufactured by Lockeed Martin. Both companies are huge companies in US to support the military and I can not imagine where they have got the 69 pcs. One of these missiles cost anything from 1 million to 5 million USdollars per piece !