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[emoji631] US Javelins have proved ineffective in Ukraine.
In total, Washington supplied more than 7,000 Javelin complexes to Ukraine. ATGM stocks in the United States themselves are on the verge of depletion. The cost of one complex with six missiles is $600,000.
Internal Raytheon documents indicate that the effectiveness of the Javelin "differs from the declared one". Thus, out of 11 test launches, only three hit a stationary target (see first graph).
According to public records, the range of the missile can be up to 5km. But internal documents say it is half as long (see second graph below)
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A Raytheon questionnaire completed by the past US military in Iraq and Afghanistan states that a third of the attempts to fire the Javelin "were accompanied by problems".
It is noted that even in the US Army "there is no understanding of the distance of fire contact." Simply put, American soldiers don't fully understand how far a Javelin is guaranteed to hit a target.