Rheinmetall Plans to Establish ATACMS and Patriot PAC-3 Missile Production in Europe - Militarnyi
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The German company Rheinmetall, in collaboration with the American Lockheed Martin, plans to establish large-scale production of ATACMS and Patriot PAC-3 missiles in Europe
  • realitista@lemm.eeOP
    18·
    15 days ago

    This is one of the few weapons systems that Europeans don’t have a decent analogue for. This is likely their short term plan while they develop something similar.

    Perun did a decent overview of the capabilities that Europe has in house vs those that they must rely on the US for if you are interested in more details.

    • xyro@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      Make more sense thanks ! I’ll take a look at the overview !

      • FaceDeer@fedia.io
        121·
        15 days ago

        I imagine there’s also an element of “what can we start building right now,” as opposed to waiting a couple of years for R&D before setting up the production lines. A weapon system can be the most wonderful and powerful thing on paper but if you’re under attack you can’t deploy a piece of paper.

        It’s also nice that it turns out old American tech is perfectly capable of dominating Russia’s current tech.