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Title: It Will Be Years Before Raytheon Can Build New Stinger Missiles
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URL Source: https://www.defenseone.com/business ... d-new-stinger-missiles/366105/
Published: Apr 26, 2022
Author: Mike Rivero
Post Date: 2022-04-26 16:29:55 by Horse
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Views: 191
Comments: 1

It will be years before Raytheon Technologies can build new Stinger shoulder-fired missiles due to a dwindling supply of weapons parts, the company’s CEO said Tuesday.

The U.S. has shipped Stingers to Ukraine’s military, which has used them to shoot down Russian aircraft. But there’s only a finite supply as Raytheon has not made Stinger missiles for the U.S. military in nearly two decades.

“We're going to have to go out and redesign some of the electronics in the missile and the seeker head,” Raytheon Technologies CEO Greg Hayes told investment analysts Tuesday during the company’s quarterly earnings call. “That's going to take us a little bit of time.”

The company has “a very limited stock of material for Stinger production,” Hayes said, as it's currently building a missile for a sole international customer.

Webmaster addition: Stingers are supposed to have a shelf-life of 10-12 years. That means every Stinger out there is past it's operational lifespan. The main problem is that the solid fuel cracks over time. Firing a Stinger with a cracked fuel block will likely send the operator slying further than the missile!

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#1. To: Horse (#0)

Firing a Stinger with a cracked fuel block will likely send the operator slying further than the missile!

I wonder if the Mujahideen have any of those old Stingers lying about? ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

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