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Estonia is sending Ukraine 80 million euros worth of aid including Javelin anti-tank missiles, proposes new long-term strategy (kaitseministeerium.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[-] Skua@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

Estonia's generosity towards Ukraine has been remarkable (as has that of its Baltic nieghbours). Here's hoping the rest of us listen to them

[-] spamfajitas@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Fun fact, Estonia was one of the first countries involved in cyber warfare when Russia kicked off the 2007 attack on their infrastructure over a statue. They've been simmering for a while now.

[-] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

i don't know what they cost today, but in the early 90s, javelins were around $40,000 per shot.

[-] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

the wiki on javelins is wrong. 1996 to present for in service date. at least 1993 they were in use. it claims $240k missile only and $249 for the CLU. if you've ever held a CLU, your probably wondering where all that money went. that's a crazy inflation jump from $40k per missile.

[-] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

ill have to check my old TRADOC manual. i think it was printed in 1991. i don't recall if the javelin had a section in that document or not. I'll look when i get home.

edit: my IET TRADOC is dated January 1, 1990. there is no mention of the javelin in it. but we did have our hands on a training one somehow.