The Russian war against Ukraine will force Western governments to focus on the purchase of traditional weapons, in addition to high-tech next-generation systems. Raytheon CEO Gregory Hayes is convinced of this..

His company is one of the five main contractors of the Pentagon and is engaged, in particular, in the production of Stinger missiles.. Hayes is convinced that over the next two years there will be a " As countries will focus on replenishing stockpiles of weapons that have been depleted due to the Russian war against Ukraine. In addition, the Russian aggression has forced governments to reconsider their threat assessments, writes the Financial Times..

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the US has continued to assert that the Indo-Pacific region remains a top defense and strategic priority.. Therefore, the purchase of naval and air systems is considered more important than land weapons.. However, defense experts are convinced that a dual approach is now needed..

“We will need more of these conventional weapons to deter Russian aggression,” Hayes said..

He added that defense systems like Patriot surface-to-air missiles, designed to shoot down missiles and aircraft, would need to be deployed on the front lines from Romania to Finland..

“What the Russian war against Ukraine has shown us is that some of the old technologies that were not in the spotlight are actually still viable in terms of defending the country.. The entire US national defense strategy for 10 years was focused on the Indian-Pacific region. How to protect Taiwan? How to maintain freedom of navigation in the South China Sea? Terrorism was considered another threat. But not Russia. We should be ashamed after the Crimea. We should have considered this possibility,” added the director of Raytheon, referring to the fact that Moscow annexed the Ukrainian peninsula in 2014..

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He stressed that even after that, “nobody really attached much importance to it” until Russia pulled its army to the Ukrainian borders last year.. Former Pentagon official and Center for Strategic and International Studies expert Mark Kantsian also acknowledged that the Russian invasion of Ukraine " He also added that over the years, the US has “cut back on ramp-up production” of the munitions and some basic defense systems now needed in Ukraine.. Because maintaining these production capabilities was considered "