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Originally Posted by shrike6
While this is interesting, youre forgetting one possible variable here. That is (using your example) if the manufacturer is building TOW-2As. Is the manufacturer still capable of making TOW-1 (ie are the components still available to manufacture it.)? The manufacturer and its suppliers may have moved on and no longer making a key component(s) for the TOW-1.
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Of note, the US is currently running into this with the AIM-120 AMRAAM. Firing tests are underway for the AIM-120D3, which replaces obsolete components from the earlier AIM-120D variants with parts that are still in production.