With the West confronting a rising number of potential threats, including Russia and China, orders are piling up for the Nasams from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. Kongsberg, like most Western defense firms, designs and assembles its weapons systems but doesn’t manufacture most of the components. Russia and China have outpaced the U.S. and Europe on some missile and defense systems. Currently, the West doesn’t have large inventories to share, and these weapons are the main overlap with what Israel needs. The U.S. has sent its two Israeli-made Iron Dome defense systems and the interceptors used to down missiles back to Israel.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 03, 2024 23:14 UTC