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Raytheon CEO Outlines Severe Depletion of Javelin and Stinger Stockpiles (13 Years production burned through in Ukraine)
National Review ^

Posted on 02/22/2023 2:04:39 PM PST by hcmama

Although Raytheon is producing 400 Javelins per month with Lockheed Martin as a manufacturing partner, he said, the ongoing fighting in Ukraine has burned through existing weapons stocks.

“The problem is we have consumed so much supply in the first ten months of the war,” he said. “We’ve essentially used up 13 years’ worth of Stinger production and five years’ worth of Javelin production.”

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To: Eleutheria5

I would think that Taiwan buys from us, Ukraine is hardly in the position currently to be buying, they are having their economy and infrastructure, manufacturing base, and population destroyed by Russia.


81 posted on 02/23/2023 6:36:16 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Taiwan buys their weapons from us.


82 posted on 02/23/2023 7:12:34 AM PST by rbmillerjr (Reagan Conservative: Economic Freedom, Peace through Strength, American Values- De Oppresso Liber)
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To: All

Russia is not taking on NATO. They are invading and taking on Ukraine.

Observational Fact: Russia military highly overrated. Can you imagine if Warthogs, Apache’s and F35s were easily taking out there tanks and wheels with troops in them.

It would be worse than the Marianas Turkey Shoot in WWII and every bit as bad as the Gulf War 1 annhilation of the Iraqi Army columns. The Russian logistics and leadership is poor at best, maybe suicidal in a war with NATO.

If we give Ukraine better weapons, Russia not only leaves, but loses Crimea.


83 posted on 02/23/2023 7:16:37 AM PST by rbmillerjr (Reagan Conservative: Economic Freedom, Peace through Strength, American Values- De Oppresso Liber)
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To: rbmillerjr

Good. Insist on the same for Ukraine, I’d say.


84 posted on 02/23/2023 7:19:56 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: Eleutheria5

They are at war and have little to no money with the economy shut down.

Not only will the West give them weapons, when Russia leaves, they will rebuild the entire country.

So, if LiberalTarians figure that in, maybe they will start rooting on the defeat of the Russians, before we have to pay that expense to. We will. Don’t fool yourself.


85 posted on 02/23/2023 7:24:58 AM PST by rbmillerjr (Reagan Conservative: Economic Freedom, Peace through Strength, American Values- De Oppresso Liber)
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To: ansel12

So there’s lend-lease. It worked for Britain while their ships were being torpedoed by U-boats. This gifting crap invites corruption and is getting on my f@#$ing nerves.


86 posted on 02/23/2023 7:27:55 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: rbmillerjr

“So, if LiberalTarians figure that in, maybe they will start rooting on the defeat of the Russians, before we have to pay that expense to. We will. Don’t fool yourself.”

It’s what was done in Europe and Asia with the Marshall Plan, which wasn’t just gifting stuff, either.


87 posted on 02/23/2023 7:29:13 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: rbmillerjr

Exactly what should be done, then. Under lend-lease terms. Enough of this slow war of attrition. It’s good for Raytheon, but bad for everyone else.


88 posted on 02/23/2023 7:31:32 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: rbmillerjr

“...If we give Ukraine better weapons, Russia not only leaves, but loses Crimea...”

Yes, but in spite of all the publicity surrounding Javelins, many Russian vehicles have been taken out with Soviet-era RPG and panzerfaust type weapons with relatively short ranges. The Ukrainians had to get up close and personal to knockout BMPs, BTRs, and tanks with those types of little aim-and-fire unguided rockets. Such quality troops will make good use of the better weapons and equipment from body armor to ATACMS. We need to get the good stuff there.


89 posted on 02/23/2023 7:33:09 AM PST by Monterrosa-24 (To the barricades !!!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Send the real stuff and Russia loses. Exportable F16 Vipers, older Abrams tanks which are better than what Russia has, older Apache tank killers.


90 posted on 02/23/2023 7:34:46 AM PST by rbmillerjr (Reagan Conservative: Economic Freedom, Peace through Strength, American Values- De Oppresso Liber)
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To: rbmillerjr

Problem is, the Ukrainians would have to train on them, and they would need the right ammo and spare parts. OK. So send them what they can use right now and plenty of them, but on lend-lease terms. Their chain of command is better, their motivation is better, and their doctrine is more flexible. They don’t need state of the art, but they need something to end this quickly.


91 posted on 02/23/2023 7:55:36 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: Eleutheria5

I believe some of this is to be paid back in the future.

The numbers you see are not as pure as people think, we are cagey also.

A lot of that money never leaves America and we are dumping a lot of near-expiration date armaments that we would have to pay the environmental companies to destroy, instead, we send them to Ukraine listed at full retail cost, when actually we were going to have to mark them at zero and then pay to have them destroyed.

The replacement of the old with the new rejuvenates our sluggish weapons companies, creates work for our people, and better prepares our future defenses.


92 posted on 02/23/2023 7:56:32 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: ansel12

Glad to hear that much. But I think the production pace must be radically stepped up. Brandon has “unified” Russia and China with Iran, with the Taliban thrown in for a cherry on top, which was never supposed to happen. So now WW III is a possibility that must be prepared for ASAP. “America is back!” Ha.


93 posted on 02/23/2023 8:14:16 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: Gunslingr3

It’s mystifying to me why so many people think that Russia is suddenly going to become competent. It’s a third-world country run by mob bosses and it’s always been that way.


94 posted on 02/23/2023 8:20:06 AM PST by GulliverSwift
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To: Eleutheria5

Production is being ramped up.

You just keep going on and on with senseless bitching.


95 posted on 02/23/2023 8:24:49 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: ansel12

If production is being ramped up, why are they running out of javelines and stingers? I am asking questions. I’m sorry that is in your eyes “senseless bitching,” but last I checked it’s how one learns things.


96 posted on 02/23/2023 8:28:21 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Why don’t you do some of your own research, you are on the internet.


97 posted on 02/23/2023 8:37:02 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: ansel12

Because I have you, and you have graciously offered inside information, so I would like to pick your brain as part of my research. Why do you find that annoying? I have inside information on a few things, and I’m happy to share that information when asked, and even when not asked. I feel flattered, not put upon.

So anyway, how many Javelines is Raytheon making per month now, with Armageddon around the corner, as opposed to before this time last year?


98 posted on 02/23/2023 9:00:25 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: Gunslingr3

Bakhmut and other places have been a meat grinder for the Ukrainian military. If it weren’t the lying media would be on the front lines showing the incredible victories every single day.


99 posted on 02/23/2023 1:37:48 PM PST by Dogbert41
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To: rbmillerjr

“ Observational Fact: Russia military highly overrated. Can you imagine if Warthogs, Apache’s and F35s were easily taking out there tanks and wheels with troops in them.

It would be worse than the Marianas Turkey Shoot in WWII and every bit as bad as the Gulf War 1 annhilation of the Iraqi Army columns. The Russian logistics and leadership is poor at best, maybe suicidal in a war with NATO.

If we give Ukraine better weapons, Russia not only leaves, but loses Crimea.”

Or Russia takes out all military bases in Europe, the Eastern, Western, and Gulf coasts of America. A short time later most strategic sites in between, and our Navy.

I just don’t understand why so many on FR don’t comprehend that. Jesus did say we would believe a lie.


100 posted on 02/23/2023 1:52:32 PM PST by Dogbert41
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