Another thing to remember is the US and presumably NATO maintained higher levels of stockage during the Cold War. Much if this stick was either demilled, used in OIF/OEF, given as aid, or expended in training. Anecdotally, an acquaintance of mine told me his anti-armor company used to be able to draw a trainload (?) of older ITOW missiles and shoot them at live fires on the Fort Bliss/White Sands ranges during the mid and late 90s. Apparently the missiles were going to be destroyed anyway, so they were free to units to consume in training.
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