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To: CatOwner

What naval assets has the US provided to Ukraine?


12 posted on 01/11/2023 12:59:47 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: ought-six

As ammo? What’s mentioned in the article. A few Harpoons for land based anti-ship use, and some SeaSparrow missiles, and some AMRAAMs. Both of those for use in the NASAMS point defense system. Given the small number of launchers supplied for either type of system (the Harpoon ones were given by Norway) we are talking of a few dozen missiles out of stocks in the tens of thousands.

The analyst comment in the article is on point. The effect on USN weapons stocks is marginal. The purpose of the statement is to prompt greater production of all weapons systems.


31 posted on 01/11/2023 1:15:33 PM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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Problem is not that naval assets have been given away, the problem is alot of weapons manufacturers make more than just just one type of missile, land, air, and naval. For instance, Raytheon makes Patriot missiles (land) and also makes tomahawk missiles (sea). Stands to reason that if Patriots are given away and must be replaced in our inventory, production of those replacements may be given priority over other models.


52 posted on 01/11/2023 2:01:48 PM PST by jpp113
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What naval assets has the US provided to Ukraine?

Defense spending that now won't be there for the Navy.

82 posted on 01/11/2023 4:14:52 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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