Posted on 04/28/2022 5:27:00 AM PDT by FarCenter
Although MANPADS production was originally limited to a few states, including the U.S., U.K., Russia and China, today over 30 countries manufacture MANPADS. Major MANPADS producing states today include China, France, Russia, Sweden, the U.K. and the U.S. The most commonly produced MANPADS are the Soviet SA-7 and the U.S. Stinger.
https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/manpads
and please let the Ukrianians pay for this !
Nope - we gave our antiquated Stingers away without:
1) having invested in a newer design
2) having selected a replacement
3) having the production capacity to produce the existing stingers
4) having the production capacity to produce the replacement
5) having the ability to convert other missiles as a stopgap
So yeah, another BRILLIANT decision by Biden
The Biden Clown World is so stupid it burns.
That’s what we thought when the cold war ended, and we have made virtually zero effort on short and medium range air defenses for the Army. Everything was put into ballistic missile defense with THAAD and Patriot. About 10 years ago, we realized that the proliferation of drones and cruise missiles has changed everything, yet we are still slow to react and still haven’t filled the gap between the stinger and Patriot. You can’t fight off a large number of combat drones and/or cruise missiles with a limited number of incredibly expensive Patriot missiles, a mission they are not very effective for. You will quickly empty your launchers and have almost no air defense. We need an updated system to replace the stinger (in progress), and a short-medium range system like Norway’s NASAMS (which is based on our AIM-120 AMRAAM) to protect ground assets.
Our ground forces need coverage like the Navy: CIWS> RAM> ESSM> SM-2> SM-6> SM-3. We have plans in motion to fill these holes, and they should be pretty amazing when fielded in a few years. But for now, we have significant holes in our air defense game.
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