Lockheed Martin to ramp up javelin missile production amid Ukraine war

The Hill ^ | 05/08/22 11:13 PM ET | MONIQUE BEALS

[GonzoII]

Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet said on Sunday that his company would nearly double production of their javelin missiles as the U.S. has sent hundreds of the weapons to aid Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion.

“Right now, our capacity is 2,100 Javelin missiles per year. We’re endeavoring to take that up to 4,000 per year, and that will take a number of months, maybe even a couple of years to get there because we have to get our supply chain to also crank up,” Taiclet said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

“We’re starting now to ramp it up because we have an active production line right now that the president saw,” he added, referencing President Biden’s recent trip to a Lockheed Martin facility in Troy, Ala.

“So we can start turning up the heat now and- and ramping the production immediately because of those circumstances,” he also said.

….snip Last week, the Pentagon moved $1.45 billion to the Army and Marine Corps to restock Javelin anti-tank and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles that the U.S. sent to Ukraine.

[GonzoII]

[JonPreston]

When you see this crackpot on Faux, think Lockheed Martin. They stuff his pockets

[Travis McGee]

Just remember what the war is REALLY about.

[who knows what evil?]

$$$Ka-Ching!

[Travis McGee]

Once the Afghanistan Billion Dollar MIC Graft Spigot was turned off, the MIC had to find another spigot fast.

And the MIC grifters don’t give a damn if the war materiel ever makes it to the eastern Ukraine battlefields, or if it’s blown up in arsenals or on rail cars or in truck convoys.

All of the war materiel taken from U.S. stocks and sent to Ukraine will be replaced at full cost to the U.S. taxpayer.

“War is business, and business is good!”

[BobL]

“...maybe even a couple of years to get there”

LOL, got to be sure that Lockheed has their twice-annual Drag Queen parades, or it will even take longer to get production going.

[Robert DeLong]

Of course, this whole exercise is to enrich the military industrial complex, which then greases the palms of the politicians who favor this conflict. they hope it goes on for a long time, and is not just a quickie affair. So while you cheer-lead this conflict keep that in mind, because that is the true motive. Would they like to weaken Russia? Sure, because it gives them, the politicians and the military industrial complex, more power and wealth.

[Rlsau1]

“War is business, and business is good!”

Gotta keep the money flowing so there’s a lot of it to fatten those campaign coffers. It’s an election year after all.

[JonPreston]

-SNIP

Keane, a former board member at weapons maker General Dynamics, is chair of AM General, the company that makes Humvees. He also sits on the boards of Cyalume Technologies Inc., which manufactures military chemical lights and other technology deployed on the battlefield in Afghanistan, and the Institute for the Study of War, a think tank that publishes defense policy proposals with the aim of “developing the next generation of national security leaders” and is backed by CACI International Inc., General Dynamics, and other defense contractors.

-SHIP

[Tupelo]

All Right Freepers, this is getting ridiculous.

Already seven responses to the article and not one of them can I argue with. Damn!

[Williams]

That’s only because there are a lot of idiots here.. Russia launched the war, we gave munitions to the country under attack to defend itself, we need to replace those munitions for our own military. That’s not a conspiracy it’s reality.

[algore]

The price of a Javelin missile ranges from $200000 to $250000. The substantial difference between the high end and the low end has happened on account of purchasing different quantities and having conditions.

[Sirius Lee]

The price of a Javelin missile ranges from $200000 to $250000.

[Flick Lives]

Just like the revolving door with the CDC and Big Pharma, there is a revolving door with government agencies and the big defense contractors. (Remember the cozy arrangement between FBI directory Comey and Lockheed Martin?)

https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=70344

[bert]

When you run out of milk, do you not buy more?

[Flick Lives]

That’s only because there are a lot of idiots here.. Russia launched the war, we gave munitions to the country under attack to defend itself, we need to replace those munitions for our own military. That’s not a conspiracy it’s reality.

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What a wonderful opportunity to “flush” all the weapons down the drain, then golly gee, we need to purchase *more*! To the tune of $33 billion for 6 months. So U.S. defense contractors not only get contracts for *our* needs, now they get the contracts for our proxy war with Russia. It will be all fun, games, and no-bid military contracts until the war escalates out of control.

[GonzoII]

Each replacement missile costs around $78,000.

[Right Brother]

When you run out of milk, do you not buy more?

Yep. I just print up some money and go buy more.

[Gaffer]

And there it is. LM isn’t giving Ukraine these missiles out of the goodness of their heart or support for their cause..... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[JonPreston]

Each replacement missile costs around $78,000.

- "according to the Pentagon's 2021 budget."

Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/javelin-anti-tank-missile-symbol-of-ukraines-resistance/articleshow/90262377.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst