The USA gave Ukraine Javelin ATGMs that exceeded its service life

The USA sent Ukraine 300 Javelins as we all know, however what is undiscussed is the fact they're old and presumably have reduced reliability.

Below displays an image of the exact same order of Javelins that were sent to Ukraine.


The order is "DAAH01-00-C-0108", and below here according to this website, for the same order:

"Date Signed The date that a mutually binding agreement was reached. The date signed by the Contracting Officer or the Vendor, whichever is later.: 


06/24/2003


Effective Date The date that the parties agree will be the starting date for the contract's requirements. : 


06/24/2003


Current Completion Date For an initial award, the scheduled contract completion date for the base contract and any options exercised at the time of the award. For modifications that exercise options, the revised scheduled completion date for the base contract and the exercised options.: 


03/06/2006"


…and this image below (taken from US Army manual for the Javelin)



The Javelin only has a ten-year service life.

The completion of order for the Javelins were made 16 years ago.

However, the Javelins reportedly did pass live-fire tests, signalling to an SRP extension, either made right before delivery, or in 2015.

Either way, the missile will be significantly more unreliable than its newly-built counterparts.

Sources: USA sent Ukraine Javelins, the SRP extension, the report and completion of order date

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  1. belgFebruary 2, 2022 at 7:09 PM

    Hey, sorry for any issueswith the post, yeah? All this was done on mobile due to the fact that I'm on a long road trip. I can't bring out my other, more well suited devices.

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