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It could make sense for NATO to maintain the supply for Soviet style military. Poland plus Romania plus Czechia plus Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia, and potenti
by thriftwy 3y ago
It could make sense for NATO to maintain the supply for Soviet style military.
Poland plus Romania plus Czechia plus Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia, and potentially Ukraine and Bosnia and Central Asia with Georgia and Azerbaijan, where these could be used.
It was totally not obvious that Russia (an important but quite small subset of Warsaw pact) will keep its military production capacity but the rest of collective will not - eventually running out of it and often without meaningful replacement.
- pbazarnik 3y agoPoland has developed and is producing their own MANPAD system initialy based on Soviet design. They supplied significant number of these to Ukraine where it performed well. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.armyrecognition.com/polish_missile_vehicles_systems_weapons_poland_uk/piorun_grom-m_manpads_man-portable_air-defense_systems_short-range_missile_technical_data_sheet_pictures_video_12612165.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.armyrecognition.com/polish_...
- rasz 3y agoUS purchased those for Ukraine https://defence24.com/industry/polish-piorun-manpads-exported-to-us-and-provided-to-ukraine-a-success-for-mesko-company https://defence24.com/industry/polish-piorun-manpads-exporte... Estonia and Norway also likes them https://www.technology.org/2022/12/01/piorun-manpads-goes-mainstream-third-buyer-in-a-year-after-impressive-results-in-ukraine/ https://www.technology.org/2022/12/01/piorun-manpads-goes-ma...