It is a very sad fact of life that there is nothing better than a good war with lots of different weaponry being deployed to stimulate economies in this case European and US economies as the following article makes clear. Armies stock pile weapons and when they have enough they do not buy any until they use up their existing supply in a good war. As I said this is a sad fact but one which will drive demand for the replacement of spent weaponry with next generation technology because this is what advanced armies do as they use up existing stores they don't just buy like for like they take the opportunity to upgrade. I hate to sound like a pro war monger on the eve of ANZAC day but Brainchip keeps finding itself as a result of providence in the right space at the right time:
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The US is looking for a new anti-air missile
Kelsey D. Atherton - Yesterday 9:00 pm
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The US Army wants a new human-portable missile that soldiers can use to shoot down aircraft. Looking to replace the venerable Stinger anti-air weapon, the Army put out a request for information on March 28, and wants the weapon in production by 2027. A new anti-air weapon program for the Army has long been in the works, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has cast the issue in stark relief. The ability of soldiers on the ground to destroy aircraft, or at least make the threat of airstrikes a risk to pilots, has greatly constrained how Russia is fighting the war.
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The solicitation dryly notes that “The current Stinger inventory is in decline,” which is one way to describe the US Army sending
thousands of the missiles from its own inventory to Ukraine’s military. The missiles cost $38,000 apiece, which partly explains why units like the
173rd Airborne Brigade had trained with replicas instead of live missiles, a practice that
changed this month.
These missiles join even older anti-air weapons, like the Soviet-made
Strela anti-air missiles Germany sent to Ukraine, in bolstering the defense of Ukraine without actively
joining the fight in the sky above. These weapons are both MANPADS, or man-portable air defense systems, and both Strelas and Stingers were developed in the 1960s as an answer to jets and helicopters on the battlefield. The missiles have also been incorporated into launchers on vehicles, which can carry more weapons and incorporate more advanced sensors to detect and track hostile aircraft before firing.
No opinion just a sad fact of life
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