Posted on 04/28/2022 5:27:00 AM PDT by FarCenter
It will be years before Raytheon Technologies can build new Stinger shoulder-fired missiles due to a dwindling supply of weapons parts, the company’s CEO said Tuesday.
The U.S. has shipped Stingers to Ukraine’s military, which has used them to shoot down Russian aircraft. But there’s only a finite supply as Raytheon has not made Stinger missiles for the U.S. military in nearly two decades.
“We're going to have to go out and redesign some of the electronics in the missile and the seeker head,” Raytheon Technologies CEO Greg Hayes told investment analysts Tuesday during the company’s quarterly earnings call. “That's going to take us a little bit of time.”
The company has “a very limited stock of material for Stinger production,” Hayes said, as it's currently building a missile for a sole international customer.
We have nothing in our arsenal that can do what the Stinger missiles do?
Biden administration surely would keep an adequate supply for ourselves?
🤦♀️
Yes, just like our reserve oil stock.
Of course they will ... just like they’re keeping an adequate supply of oil in the SPR for ourselves.
Stinger missiles haven’t been made of in nearly two decades? I’m thinking it’s probably time for an updated design anyway.
We can just throw rocks at each other.
Anything Raytheon does goes to the highest bidder. Their only motivation is money....
“We’ve been working with the DoD for the last couple of weeks, we’re actively trying to resource some of the material, but unfortunately, DoD hasn’t bought a Stinger in about 18 years and some of the components are no longer commercially available,” Hayes said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/raytheon-stinger-missile-stocks-delay-00027766
No problema, just buy some from the taliban.
One typically creates the replacement before stopping the production of the existing product.
I wonder how the USA is going to be a major global military power with all its advanced weapon systems relying on overseas parts (chips).
Could be misinformation to lure Putin into being more aggressive.
No that's not exactly what the company says. 'go from the current production rate of 1,000 a year to the “max amount,” which he did not specify, “would take about a year.'
Industry won’t create that capacity on its own without clear guidance from the Pentagon.
https://www.airforcemag.com/inability-to-quickly-replace-stinger-and-javelins-for-ukraine-highlights-industrial-base-problems/
US Army units already have next-generation Manpads.
Sure so let’s do feel goods and give them away.
Lets give away all or reserve oil, let’s give away all our food and hold our chest out at grin at how good we are.
Good until we realize we have nothing and then it will get ugly and there will be regret.
(We can just throw rocks at each other)
All rocks must be registered and no concealed nor open carrying of rocks will be allowed.
Chicago and New York City to be declared rock-free zones
Sec Def Lloyd Austin literally moved straight from Raytheon Board of Directors to Secretary of Defense.
If Raytheon wants the money, Raytheon will get the money.
What does Bidenbot stooge, Secretary “Raytheon” Austin, have to say about this?
More good news, eh?
Gee, my system can’t take much more of all the terrific things happening to my country.
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