Rheinmetall Plans to Establish ATACMS and Patriot PAC-3 Missile Production in Europe - Militarnyi
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The German company Rheinmetall, in collaboration with the American Lockheed Martin, plans to establish large-scale production of ATACMS and Patriot PAC-3 missiles in Europe
  • xyroEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    Agreed, so why not built as advanced with European technology instead of old American tech ?

    • realitista@lemm.eeOP
      18·
      6 days ago

      This is one of the few weapons systems that Europeans don’t have a decent analogue for. This is likely their short term plan while they develop something similar.

      Perun did a decent overview of the capabilities that Europe has in house vs those that they must rely on the US for if you are interested in more details.

      • xyroEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        Make more sense thanks ! I’ll take a look at the overview !

        • FaceDeer@fedia.io
          121·
          6 days ago

          I imagine there’s also an element of “what can we start building right now,” as opposed to waiting a couple of years for R&D before setting up the production lines. A weapon system can be the most wonderful and powerful thing on paper but if you’re under attack you can’t deploy a piece of paper.

          It’s also nice that it turns out old American tech is perfectly capable of dominating Russia’s current tech.

    • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
      5·
      6 days ago

      Quantity is also important. We can’t just rely on a few high-tech systems, we need volumes of simpler equipment as well. These systems are good candidates for stuff we can mass produce right now.