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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
The path a lot of USSR, sorry, Russian missiles would take would send them directly over our heads across the Arctic. This is desperately needed for our own safety and is extremely significant for our own sovereignty when it comes to the Arctic. The fact that 'government procurement specialists' don't have any kind of a concrete deadline to get this done makes me feel like this is another multi-decade runaround.
Putin is freaking insane. If ever there was a time to fasttrack something.
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This procurement isn't a ballistic defense buy, but more of an in theatre anti aircraft capability: From the article:
"During the April 5 briefing, industry officials were informed the system would also be able to target cruise missiles, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The new system wouldn’t be capable of tackling larger weapons, such as theatre ballistic missiles or intercontinental ballistic missiles."