Fabricators.

This is coolbert:

Gonna take 2 1/2 years? Provide MANPAD to the Ukrainian and REPLENISH depleted American stockpiles?

More on the Raytheon facility and the process needed for the fabrication of American STINGER air defense missiles.

"Raytheon Calls in Retirees to Help Restart Stinger Missile Production"

"The shoulder-fired missile is one of the weapons that’s been credited with getting Ukraine through the early days of the Russian invasion."

From https://www.defenseone.com  |  GLOBAL BUSINESS EDITOR | article BY MARCUS WEISGERBER |  JUNE 28, 2023.

"Raytheon has called in retired engineers to teach its employees how to build the Stinger missiles heavily used by Ukraine’s military—using blueprints drawn up during the Carter administration."

"It’s the latest example of a private company working to ramp up production of a now-in-demand weapon that the Pentagon hasn’t purchased in decades."

[....]

"When the U.S. Army placed an order for 1,700 Stingers in May 2022, the Pentagon said the missiles wouldn’t be delivered until 2026. Kremer said it will take about 30 months for Stingers to start rolling off of the production line largely because of the time it takes to set up the factory and train its employees."

See all prior blog entries [some with additional embedded links] as germane:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/06/fim-92.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/04/dwindling.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/06/dircm.html

Nobody ever said this was going to be easy, did they?

coolbert.