U.S. allies are lining up to purchase systems such as HIMARS and Lockheed is ramping up its production to meet that rising demand.
“A little over a year ago if you would have used the term HIMARS, probably just about nobody you met, unless they were directly in the business, would even know what you were talking about,” Cahill said. “And now your relatives know, your family; you can ask just about anybody on the street and get a pretty good hit rate.”
“If you can keep the other guys’ air power at bay, that makes it a lot more effective for your systems to be able to strike back,” Cahill said. The U.S. military was primarily focused on the kind of counter-terrorism operations central to Iraq and Afghanistan for two decades, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marks a return to competition between world powers, said Seth Jones, senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The HIMARS launcher gained a cult following last year as units from the U.S. helped Ukraine repel Russian attacks.that found U.S. stores of certain key munitions are low given the situation in Ukraine and increased tensions with China. In simulations of a war with China, Jones wrote that U.S. supplies of certain long-range missiles produced by Lockheed would be quickly used up.
Hundreds of companies contribute parts for those weapons — some of them small outfits that have to make difficult decisions when they don’t feel they can count on future business.
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