Transport for U.S. Patriot Units-Update!

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

News of the last two weeks:

Well Don probably did the right thing to take the time to make MEADS a mobile launcher system (Thanks! , I'll have to get you to do the same for PATRIOT someday!?!) and keep it in the game for Italy though if it does survive (Oh yes apparently it still has a pulse!), the unit is ready to be transferred to the U.S. and Germany. Even after the U.S. and Germany have announced the cutting off of funding, they will keep it funded through the developmental stage, but this process is allowing the opportunity for continued success with now the possibility of a couple of new partners to get involved within the next two years that could in combination save this program.
http://www.defpro.com/news/details/23038/
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...639/#contracts

Go MEADS!

Regards,
Pat

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

Finland gets the first of it's SISU 8x8 NASAMS FIN launcher vehicles.
http://www.defpro.com/news/details/23345/

NASAMS FIN is the export version of the SL-AMRAAM former U.S. system that was cancelled at the end of last year as announced by SECDEF Gates on 6 Jan. 2011. The following is for background only, note the 2009 date. For more on SL-AMRAAM see earlier posts this thread especially as transferred from the Patch Post thread.
http://www.raytheon.com/newsroom/fea...aam/index.html

Follow up on this!

Regards,
Pat