Can’t remember the politics of why the Israeli Raphael TROPHY system working since 2008 or 2009 years now. I think it had to do with US contractors and lawyers and of course politics not buying or expanding in the Israeli system. So it’s taken near 10 years and billions to catch up with a proven system I think the Israeli’s were going to sell a t one million per system. This is all from memory so please don’t rag on me if I’m wrong. Just correct me, thank you.
The Army decided to wait for Raytheon’s vaporware QuickKill system. They’ve been waiting for it for over a decade and been ignoring all other systems in their wait for their ‘perfect’ system.
The Army, having seen what’s going on with Leopard 2s in Syria, is finally realizing that they can’t wait any longer.