CNN: 'The closet is bare': Aid to Ukraine depletes US weapons supply

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38. We have sent 1/3 of our stockpile of Stingers

7,000 Javelins in a month or two is a lot too.

The Stinger production line had been shut down also.

Raytheon Technologies will not be able to accelerate the production of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles before 2023 due to a lack of available parts, the defense company’s chief warned on Tuesday.
Raytheon had stopped manufacturing the missile prior to a $340 million order placed last summer by the Pentagon on behalf of an international client.

The defense contractor is in the process of restarting the production line, “But we have a very limited stock of material for Stinger production,” CEO Greg Hayes said during a call with analysts.

The manufacturer has been working with the US Defense Department on the issue but “unfortunately, DoD hasn’t bought a Stinger in about 18 years, and some of the components are no longer commercially available,” he said.
As a result, Raytheon will have to redesign some of the electronics.

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/04/26/raytheon-production-stinger-missiles/