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📝More SAMs Needed for Patriot📝
At the American defense corporation Lockheed Martin, they report that the Pentagon has signed a record contract worth $9.8 billion to produce 1,970 PAC-3 MSE missiles for Patriot air defense systems and related equipment.
🖍The new contract is related to the growing deficit of surface-to-air missiles for the main US air defense system. Moreover, the shortage of PAC-3 anti-missiles is felt worldwide due to their extensive use amid the conflict in the so-called Ukraine and the Middle East.
🚩As early as July, American media discussed that SAM stockpiles have been heavily depleted, prompting the only manufacturer of these missiles, Lockheed Martin, to receive a request to increase production to 650 SAMs in 2025.
🏳️However, in the company's official statement, they said that this year 600 missiles will be delivered, which is already a record. In previous years, the defense industry enterprise shipped around 500 munitions. With the new agreement, Lockheed Martin plans to reach the level of 650 units over three fiscal years.
❗️The Pentagon is aware of its vulnerability amid high tension in various parts of the world, so they are logically increasing production scales. Of course, 1,970 missiles are extremely few for a high-intensity conflict. One only needs to look at ammunition consumption in the so-called Ukraine.
However, "Patriots" have proven to be quite an effective defense system, and no one intends to abandon them. Moreover, many requests are coming from Europe, which gives Americans an opportunity to earn money. But in the context of growing threats from small drones, more attention will be paid to protecting the so-called "low sky".
#USA
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At the American defense corporation Lockheed Martin, they report that the Pentagon has signed a record contract worth $9.8 billion to produce 1,970 PAC-3 MSE missiles for Patriot air defense systems and related equipment.
🖍The new contract is related to the growing deficit of surface-to-air missiles for the main US air defense system. Moreover, the shortage of PAC-3 anti-missiles is felt worldwide due to their extensive use amid the conflict in the so-called Ukraine and the Middle East.
🚩As early as July, American media discussed that SAM stockpiles have been heavily depleted, prompting the only manufacturer of these missiles, Lockheed Martin, to receive a request to increase production to 650 SAMs in 2025.
🏳️However, in the company's official statement, they said that this year 600 missiles will be delivered, which is already a record. In previous years, the defense industry enterprise shipped around 500 munitions. With the new agreement, Lockheed Martin plans to reach the level of 650 units over three fiscal years.
❗️The Pentagon is aware of its vulnerability amid high tension in various parts of the world, so they are logically increasing production scales. Of course, 1,970 missiles are extremely few for a high-intensity conflict. One only needs to look at ammunition consumption in the so-called Ukraine.
However, "Patriots" have proven to be quite an effective defense system, and no one intends to abandon them. Moreover, many requests are coming from Europe, which gives Americans an opportunity to earn money. But in the context of growing threats from small drones, more attention will be paid to protecting the so-called "low sky".
#USA
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