When President Joe Biden visits a Lockheed Martin plant that manufactures an antitank weapons system, he’s certain to herald the U.S.-made arms as a gamechanger in Ukraine’s resistance to Russia's invasion
President Joe Biden greets from left, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, Lt. Gen. James Hecker, Commander and President, Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base and Col. Eries L.G. Mentzer, Commander, 42nd Air Base Wing, as he arrives at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Tuesday, May 3, 2022, on his way to visit the Lockheed Martin Pike County Operations facility where they manufacture Javelin anti-tank missiles in Troy, Ala.
“Every worker in this facility and every American taxpayer is directly contributing to the case for freedom," Biden said.The president's visit also drew attention to a growing concern as the war drags on: Can the U.S. sustain the cadence in shipping vast amounts of “Could this be a problem? The short answer is, ‘Probably, yes,’” said Cancian, a retired Marine colonel and former Office of Management and Budget specialist on Pentagon budget strategy, war funding and procurement programs.
The war will mean increased sales for some defense contractors, including Raytheon, which makes the Stinger missiles that Ukrainian troops have used to knock out Russian aircraft. The company is also part of a joint venture with Lockheed Martin that makes the Javelins.
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