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[–] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Maybe capacity is to the point where military planners are willing to give up stock of some missiles. But if I've taken anything away from the Russo-Ukranian war, it's that quantity of weapons systems is incredibly important. There's a heck of a lot of targets to hit in China.

However if the US is in a position to send JASSM to Ukraine, I will be excited. Personally, I'm very excited to see what weapons systems that Ukraine can now use since it has F-16. Especially with JDAM-ER which the Russians have shown the effectiveness of.

The resurgence of the ATACMs is aimed at Ukraine and Europe as a whole. Especially Poland and its massive HIMARS fleet on order. It would definitely be useful in the Pacific, but from what I see in the procurement requests, it's mostly for foreign order. It's a major move though, seeing as new production of the ATACMs was terminated in 2007.