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The difference is training. Scores of operators on the ground are already trained and experienced on the Stinger platform and the development of complete alread
by cameron_b 3y ago
The difference is training. Scores of operators on the ground are already trained and experienced on the Stinger platform and the development of complete already.
Backfilling a proven stock item is faster than infilling a new platform. Refer to the training cycles required for tanks provided by the UK. Those tanks have qualified operators ( with matching tactical-operational skills, but there are few personnel to back up their abilities. The Stinger is valuable because of the established user base compared to that.
- fbdab103 3y agoThe US is not actively in a war. Do we not have enough idle personnel who can be trained now so they can handle future uses?
- Geezus_42 3y agoI highly doubt these are being made for the US. These are for profiting off other countries killing people.
- avree 3y agoThe thing you are speculating on is answered in the very first sentence of the article: "Nations like the United States and other NATO allies have given Ukraine their Stingers, putting the venerable human-portable surface-to-air missile to use against Soviet-designed aircraft, as it was originally designed to do. "
- bigbillheck 3y ago> The US is not actively in a war There are US soldiers and contractors fighting and dying right now: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/08/letter-to-the-speaker-of-the-house-and-president-pro-tempore-of-the-senate-on-war-powers-report/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases...