Troy Meink
50:46 - 51:27
“Across the fight, about 60% of that 30,000-plus weapons are coming from there, so that That tells you the level of investment, 60% of the weapons going forward across the fight.”
- Speaker
- Troy Meink
- Timestamp
- 50:46 – 51:27
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- June 9, 2026
From the transcript
Matter of fact, the allies are doing investments in systems that are similar to what we're doing in the US. Been very optimistic. I don't know that any of those things would be considered truly attritable, But if you look at the cost trade with an adversary of CCA with a number of long-range weapons on there compared to the aircraft they might throw against them, it's a really good cost trade for us going forward. And I would just— one final thing back on the family of the FAM weapon systems. Across the fight, about 60% of that 30,000-plus weapons are coming from there, so that That tells you the level of investment, 60% of the weapons going forward across the fight.
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