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  1. The JAGM procurement right now its 1000 missiles The Hellfire in 2012 had an order for 24,000 missiles The US generally orders hellfires by thousands as its used by the USAF, USMC, USN, US Army and CIA What will happen is that initial procurement will be still high but as batches increase , the unit cost will decrease They can't order 10,000 missiles just yet They have been ordering Hellfires since 1974, so the Hellfire stocks needs to be depleted a bit first
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  2. The JAGM is good but it does not compare with the Brimstone II or Spike NLOS as far as range goes Given the increasing range of MANPADs and SHORAD systems They need to dial its range up considerably to 20 miles plus Additionally the Raytheon seeker which is EO/IR/MMW was a better option than the current SAL/MMW
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  3.  @SlavicCelery  SAL and MWW both require painting the target IR does not IR seekers are imultispectral allow them to see targets in various wave lengths which is much harder to jam
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  4.  @zahnatom  Wrong the missile require guidance before their seeker takes over
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  5. That would be incorrect Russian war in Ukraine has highlighted the Russian military short comings After Vietnam, the US military dropped mountain of money on developing targeting pod , stand off precise guided munitions, Electronic warfare and Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD. Later they again dropped mountain of money on UAV moving them from RQ to MQ lets recap the situation Virtually all US strike aircraft and bombers have either SNIPER XR , Litening LANTRIN or ATFLIR targeting pod Only the Su-57 and MIG-35 have targeting pods and even then the MIG-35 pod is not true system Targeting pod can id targets on ground from over 20 miles away What Russian aircraft do is their OLS system however their OLS is nose mounted so they have view limited visability as the OLS is meant of air to air not air to ground The lack of sensors is why Russian aircraft have to get low and why they are getting smoked Virtually all US strike aircraft and bombers can use the JDAM. With the exception of the B-2 , virtually all US strike aircraft and bombers PAVEWAY LGB Russia uses the KAB-series however no Russian bomber can the KAB series and only handful of aircraft can use the KAB-series Weapons like the JSOW, JASSM, LRASM, GBU-39/53 again common to virtually strike aircraft and bomber Again with Russian very little commonality That lack of commonality has greatly limited its effectiveness of it weapons and aircraft During the war in Iraq and Afghanistan , the US found that its EA-6B and EA-18G EW suites were able to track EM and RF sources from cell phones and hand held radios 3 networked together can generate targeting tracks for hostile radio-frequency sources in real time over a designated area Russian relies heavily on ground based EW suites which can only jam communication Image if they could track signals in realtime like the US can The MQ-9 is another asset they wish they had Designed for Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) the MQ-9 can orbit for hours as well as strike various targets up 20 miles away Long story short What Ukraine has shown is that Russia's claim that their weapons and capabilites which they claim are just as good as the US but at 1/4 for cost is literally not as good as the US and basically worthless
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  6.  @piotrd.4850  That need generated a lot of side bonuses for the US for conventional and asymmetric warfare
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  7. You are using the wrong metric The A-10 excels at CAS and Anti-armor but is not survivable in contested air space The F-35 does not have the A-10 capabilities but its far more survivable in contested air space The A-10 has no use beyond air to ground The F-35 can perform virtually any mission Th A-10 is basically the same drama that USN had to deal with it Congress made a massive stink over naval gunfire support (NGFS) with USN and their retirement of the Iowa-class battleships The USN like the USAF made its position clear but Congress refused to listen so to get them off their ass about it They agreed to give the DDG-1000 the AGS. When NGFS was finally declared moot, the USN had to clean up the mess The A-10 should be retired but Congress refuses to listen
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  8. How about no The reason why the Brimstone was passed over was production In 2012, the UK received its 500th Brimstone In 2012 ,the US placed order for 24,000 Hellfires The Hellfire is used by USN, USMC ,USAF and US Army as well the CIA alone There was doubt that Brimstone could meet the US needs as the US orders hellfire generally by the thousands The MDBA to date has never delivered on that scale
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  9.  @kathrynck  Once production hits full steam the JAGM price will be under 150K
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  10.  @kathrynck  If they follow through with replacing TOW as well as making model able to be used by aircraft like the F-35, F-15EX and F-18E/F like the UK Brimstone The price could go even lower
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  11.  @kathrynck  True but the JAGM allows for time sensitive strikes While the Stormbreaker rely glide speed, the JAGM motor gets it to target within seconds
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  12. No The reason why the Brimstone was passed over was production In 2012, the UK received its 500th Brimstone In 2012 ,the US placed order for 24,000 Hellfires The Hellfire is used by USN, USMC ,USAF and US Army as well the CIA alone There was doubt that Brimstone could meet the US needs as the US orders hellfire generally by the thousands The MDBA to date has never delivered on that scale
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  13. Simple The reason why the Brimstone was passed over was production In 2012, the UK received its 500th Brimstone In 2012 ,the US placed order for 24,000 Hellfires The Hellfire is used by USN, USMC ,USAF and US Army as well the CIA alone There was doubt that Brimstone could meet the US needs as the US orders hellfire generally by the thousands The MDBA to date has never delivered on that scale The best weapon is the Spike NLOS
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