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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,074 posts) Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:32 AM 4 hrs ago

Pentagon Awards Lockheed $4.7 Billion Deal for Patriots

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Pentagon Awards Lockheed $4.7 Billion Deal for Patriots

By Marcus Weisgerber

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has been handed a $4.7 billion Pentagon contract for Patriot interceptors, which have been used extensively by the U.S. and its allies to shoot down Iranian missiles and drones.

The deal is a step toward the company increasing production of the PAC-3 MSE interceptor from 620 last year to 2,000 per year by 2030, an agreement Lockheed and the Pentagon announced in January.

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Pentagon Awards Lockheed $4.7 Billion Deal for Patriots (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 4 hrs ago OP

2000 a year is a lot. It implies use at that level. patphil 3 hrs ago #1

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1. 2000 a year is a lot. It implies use at that level.

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Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:51 AM

3 hrs ago

Trump has also authorized a new class of battleships to be built.
He'll probably want to call them the "Trump class". I think the "Sitting Duck" class would be a better name.
That's what large, relatively slow moving surface ships are. In a war against a capable enemy like Russia or China, they wouldn't last long.
What they're good for is intimidating small nations that don't have a military capable of taking them out.

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