Estonia is sending Ukraine 80 million euros worth of aid including Javelin anti-tank missiles, proposes new long-term strategy
Estonia is sending Ukraine 80 million euros worth of aid including Javelin anti-tank missiles, proposes new long-term strategy
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i don't know what they cost today, but in the early 90s, javelins were around $40,000 per shot.
$200K+ today
man that is crazy money.
@Marduk73 @LaFinlandia price and cost and no. ordered. It seems high, but if you need 1000 FTE subsidies to keep the factory producing even small batches you cone easily to that. Defense is a complicated business. Like insurance. With cycles.
can confirm. working on engineering and manufacturing for around 26 years. small batch manufacturing and paying for expedited delivery can really jack up the cost.
the wiki on javelins is wrong. 1996 to present for in service date. at least 1993 they were in use. it claims $240k missile only and $249 for the CLU. if you've ever held a CLU, your probably wondering where all that money went. that's a crazy inflation jump from $40k per missile.
ill have to check my old TRADOC manual. i think it was printed in 1991. i don't recall if the javelin had a section in that document or not. I'll look when i get home.
edit: my IET TRADOC is dated January 1, 1990. there is no mention of the javelin in it. but we did have our hands on a training one somehow.