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care to explain how the US doesn't operate such super effective trucks? Trump doesn't like them? or maybe the kick backs are not as good as battleships?
by tw1984 10mo ago
care to explain how the US doesn't operate such super effective trucks? Trump doesn't like them? or maybe the kick backs are not as good as battleships?
- diordiderot 10mo agoIf Himars count as missile trucks then they do. Sometimes they just park one on a ship deck
- andrewflnr 10mo agoDoes the US do that? I only recall hearing about that kind of shenanigan from Ukraine.
- andrewflnr 10mo agoThe other reply already mentioned HIMARS. There's also ATACMS, which are larger missiles that fire from the same platforms IIRC. The US also really likes to use air power against ships and keep them really far away from home turf, so they wouldn't have a lot of use for truck-launched anti ship missiles until things are pretty far down the shitter. It's probably not a coincidence that they also often seem to think the simple and cheap solution is beneath their dignity. That said, if I was in charge we'd have a lot more missiles.