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Old 10th Aug 2022, 15:10
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Lonewolf_50
 
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Originally Posted by ORAC
Your weekly reminder that production of MGM-140 ATACMS ended 15-yrs ago. Only 3,700 ever manufactured. Present inventory unk.
Its replacement, the "Precision Strike Missile," due to saturation levels of good idea fairies won't achieve IOC not until next year.
According to this info from LM, they made some more in 2017. Their story is that they've made 3800, and that 600 have been successfully fired.
(Mostly in Desert Storm and OIF, I suspect)
Your point on the zero sum inventory problem is agreed.
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