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To: Widget Jr
Okay, so other than Raytheon, who makes these air defense systems?

It sounds like they are pretty effective against everything except hyper sonic missiles. It would seem to me that Raytheon would be getting calls from some interested buyers.

FYI, I know a retried USAF officer would worked for Raytheon after retiring from the USAF. He and his wife spent two years living in Abu Dabu installing their system in the UAE.

23 posted on 04/15/2024 6:41:40 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963
AFAIK, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are the primary contractors for all our heavier SAM systems. Boeing is a partner in Israel's Arrow III ABM.

Hypersonic is a bit of a misnomer and marketing ploy. The only hypersonic missiles in use are ballistic missiles. Those are hypersonic only in the upper atmosphere. By that standard, the V-2 rocket was hypersonic.

26 posted on 04/15/2024 5:10:44 PM PDT by Widget Jr (9/11 - 11/M - 10/7)
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