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Interesting and disturbing.Hmmm...it's one thing to prevent countries supplying weapons to Ukraine but this Swiss development appears to go a step further:
Russian Verba missile found to contain Swiss-made components
Russia reportedly integrated Swiss electronic components into its modern Russian Verba (SA-25) shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, better known as man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS). According to the Militarnyi, the key innovation of the newest Russian MANPADS that has raised...defence-blog.com
Some Kilo SSKs to NK?1 million arty rounds from NK to Rusia:
Ukraine Situation Report: 1M North Korean Artillery Rounds Sent To Russia, Seoul Says
There is growing evidence that Russia is providing North Korea with vital space technologies in exchange for ammunition for use in Ukraine.www.thedrive.com
Interesting to note that Taurus is out of production.Taurus missile could delayed up to 6 months for ukrainian Su-24. In parte that could be due political concerns for fears of scalation. Germany, is a full blown war already, the only scalation posible is a nuclear, chemical or bio event, non of which is an option for Ukrainia!
Adding Taurus Cruise Missiles To Ukraine's Su-24s Would Take Six Months
Restarting production of the Taurus cruise missile and political factors remain roadblocks to sending these weapons to Ukraine.www.thedrive.com
"Sell" the drawings, production jigs, etc. to Ukraine. They can make the missiles.Interesting to note that Taurus is out of production.
However, according to MBDA "the production of Taurus can be restarted in the short term," and it could be possible to "integrate new technical advances".
I would say, time for Germany (and Spain too) to replace the "outdated" Taurus they have by an improved version