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Originally Posted by Gamer
The "trophy" system is the only such system on some of the MK4, "Iron fist" has not been fielded to date.
IMI and Rafael had been ordered to combine their two systems into one system for use on Israeli platforms as the defense ministry refuses to fund two seperate systems.
The only thing really keeping "Iron Fist" as an ongoing separate entity now is U.S and a couple others interest in the system.
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If the US military was smart and not just wanting to keep defense contractors happy and well-fed, they would have bought into Trophy from the Israelis, or traded Israel for some of the more interesting stuff they want more of, like JDAMs and Apaches. Have our defense contractors and DARPA work on Trophy with the Israelis -- with US R&D dollars, Trophy might have been fielded sooner and might be an even more effective system.