Raytheon is still cashing those checks though
Is that “costing” or “marked up to”?
Depends.
They’re gps guided 155mm artillery rounds. The electronics and guidance in them reliably survive the 50,000 g-force hell of being shot out of a cannon and then land (when used correctly) within a meter or 2 of their intended target over the course of a 20+km distance.
God knows how much was invested over the years to develop the system, and even once that’s recovered there is still an impressive amount of high precision manufacturing required to make a single one.
I’m positive they’re probably making $30k+ per round, but if it does its job is it worth it?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The US halted deliveries of Excalibur extended-range guided artillery shells to Ukraine after Kyiv reported high failure rates, anonymous Ukrainian officials told The Washington Post.
The HIMARS system, which can fire rockets up to 50 miles, has also been hampered by Russian jamming, a Ukrainian military source told The Post.
“The Russians deployed electronic warfare, disabled satellite signals, and HIMARS became completely ineffective,” the source told The Post.
The HIMARS system, which can fire rockets up to 50 miles, has also been hampered by Russian jamming, a Ukrainian military source told The Post.
“The Russians deployed electronic warfare, disabled satellite signals, and HIMARS became completely ineffective,” the source told the Post.
However, earlier this month Mike Nagata, a retired US Army lieutenant general who led special operations in the Middle East, said that the US is “still falling behind” in its electronic warfare capabilities, Defense One reported.
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I’m sure with a couple hundred million more dollars and a modest 100k more per shell that flaw could be fixed. Why would you be against this? Are you a Russian bot?
make it a couple hundred billion and you’re on to something
