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To: OKSooner

You’re welcome.

Minor postscript- someone somewhere said that the Javelin takes months of training. However, retired general McCaffrey says 1 hour on this recent MSNBC interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYt9gqzwu74


40 posted on 02/26/2022 11:37:01 PM PST by SteveH (.)
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To: SteveH
Yeah, that's the rub. Honestly one can believe an hour of training in the US, using computerized simulators and mockups and stuff, including how many (that's a question) actual launches of simulator rockets.

On the battlefield? One might ask whether the limitation might be the continued availability/longevity of trained Javelin operators.

Of course we could just send trained American specialists over as mercenaries. What could go wrong... /s

42 posted on 02/27/2022 6:08:37 AM PST by OKSooner (No blood for a fake President.)
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