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
Estonia's generosity towards Ukraine has been remarkable (as has that of its Baltic nieghbours). Here's hoping the rest of us listen to them
Fun fact, Estonia was one of the first countries involved in cyber warfare when Russia kicked off the 2007 attack on their infrastructure over a statue. They've been simmering for a while now.
i don't know what they cost today, but in the early 90s, javelins were around $40,000 per shot.
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.