FGM-148 Javelin - Users

Users

• Australia: 92 launchers.
• Bahrain: 13 launchers.
• Czech Republic: Purchased 3 launchers and 12 missiles for its special forces (intended for use in Afghanistan).
• Canada: Purchased 200 launchers and 840 missiles for its army.
• France: 76 launchers and 260 missiles for use in Afghanistan. Replacing MILAN anti-tank missile.
• Georgia
• India: India will buy some of the systems off-the-shelf, while a much larger number will be indigenously manufactured under licensed production. While the exact number of Javelin systems India will induct is yet to be decided, it could be more than 60,000. The Army has a shortfall of around 44,000 ATGMs.
• Indonesia
• Ireland
• Jordan: 30 launchers and 116 missiles were received in 2004, and another 162 JAVELIN Command Launch Units (CLUs), 18 Fly-to-Buy Missiles, 1,808 JAVELIN Anti-Tank Guided Missiles and other support equipment was ordered in 2009. The estimated cost is $388 million.
• Lithuania: 40 launchers.
• New Zealand: 24 launchers and 120 missiles.
• Norway: 100 launchers and 526 missiles. Delivered from 2006, in use from 2009.
• Oman: 30 launchers.
• Saudi Arabia
• Taiwan: In 2002, Taiwan bought 360 Javelin missiles and 40 launcher units for $39 million. The contract also included training devices, logistics support, associated equipment and training. In 2008, the United States issued a congressional notification for the sale of a further 20 launchers and 182 more missiles.
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom: In January 2003, the UK Ministry of Defence announced that it had decided to procure Javelin for the Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon System (LFATGWS) requirement. It entered UK service in 2005 replacing the MILAN and Swingfire systems.
• United States: In 2003, the United States General Accounting Office (GAO) reported that the Army could not account for 36 Javelin command launch units totaling approximately $2.8 million. The New York Times later reported supply chain problems at military armories and warehouses in 2004 and expressed concerns of weapons falling into enemy hands.