Sineva
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Yes,in real terms the javelin is ridiculously expensive for what it really offers.I really do not undrestan the obsession with getting hold of Javlin missies..... Iran already got hold of the Spike missile and mass produces it under the name Almas.... by most accounts the Spike is a better fire and forget ATGM. Why waste more resources on producing the same thing?!!!
And lets not forget how many varieties of ATGMs Iran makes.....
Dehlaviyeh (koncorse), sereval verieties of TOW, Dragon, RPG 18, RPG 30..... how many countries have these many varieties of ATGM products?!!
I`ve no doubt that iran would`ve acquired examples from iraq,and very likely examples of the very similar south korean raybolt captured from saudi forces in yemen as well
Ironically the us still uses as its standard atgm the 1960s era tow,despite the fact that it is hugely bulky and non man portable by modern atgm standards.Yet instead of coming up with something like the konkors or kornet,ie a cheap modern compact man portable atgm,the us prefers very expensive gee-whiz type systems like the javelin.
I think if iran really wants something like the javelin it would probably make more sense to look at trying to purchase a small number of chinese hj-12s for "evaluation".