Look, I am not saying there are no stockpiles now. But you can't suggest that missiles for Israel that have yet to be produced could now be delivered to Ukraine.
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Lockheed Martin was awarded $483m for Hellfire and JAGM production last year. If we assume half of that is for Hellfires at a unit cost of $117,000, that would make roughly 2,000 missiles. And this is already the third follow-on award.
jul 2, 2025, 8:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Also: “Between 1998-2018, the Defense Department procured over 71,500 Hellfire missiles at the cost of $7.2 billion.” That would be over 3,500 missiles per year – on average! So yes, it is absolutely possible that there will be 3,000 missiles extra in three years. Actually there will be even more.
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There were certainly at least 300 stockpiled immediately prior to sending 300 to Israel in June www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusi...
jul 2, 2025, 9:03 pm • 0 0 • view
So it seems like some actually were indeed produced and sitting in depots, and then were rushed to Israel. I don't know if that's technically this order or a prior one, but clearly the stocks existed and Israel was prioritized
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