WASHINGTON, August 11 (HS/RIA Novosti) - The United States will not be able to replenish the Javelin anti-tank missiles transferred to Ukraine until at least 2030, according to Pentagon budget documents reviewed by RIA Novosti.

In fiscal years 2022–2025, the US Army purchased 9,374 missiles to replenish their stockpiles. However, a significant portion of these batches will not be delivered to the military until several years after the contracts were signed.

The most recent delivery – a batch of 944 missiles, funded back in 2024 – will not begin until August 2030.

Deliveries of command and launch units for the Javelin systems will also be delayed for several years, according to RIA Novosti's calculations. The latest batch purchased with funds to replenish weapons transferred to Ukraine includes 50 warheads and is scheduled to be delivered to the US Army by the end of 2028.

The Pentagon explains this delay by saying that the volume of additional procurement in the 2022–2024 fiscal years exceeded the production capacity of its facilities. The full procurement and production cycle for one Javelin missile takes up to 4.5 years, while for a command and launch unit, it takes just over four years, RIA Novosti revealed.

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