Today’s news that the Pentagon’s Defense Cooperation Agency, DSCA, has approved the supply to Britain of three thousand of the l

Today’s news that the Pentagon’s Defense Cooperation Agency, DSCA, has approved the supply to Britain of three thousand of the latest AGM-179 JAGM anti-tank guided missiles for Apache helicopters threatens to turn into a political scandal. European defense media and bloggers have raised a wave of outrage that with the announced contract value of $957.4 million, each missile will cost British taxpayers $319,000, which is unprecedented for this class of missiles. The key argument against such a purchase is the availability of similar Brimstone missiles, developed by the European defense concern MBDA, the price of which is a third lower. In addition, the Apache manufacturer, the American Boeing Corporation, is accused of stubbornly refusing to integrate Brimstone into its helicopter arsenal in order to exclude competition. Military InformantThe Taigei-class non-nuclear submarine SS-516 Raigei was launched in Japan Источник: Cyberspec News