Ukraine war: US to give Kyiv long-range ATACMS missiles - media reports

[Social Media]

US President Joe Biden plans to give Ukraine advanced long-range missiles to help Kyiv with its ongoing counter-offensive, US media report.

They quote US officials familiar with the issue as saying Ukraine will get some ATACMS missiles with a range of up to 190 miles (300km).

This would enable Kyiv to hit Russian targets deep behind the front line.

At least one Ukrainian missile hit the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea on Friday.

A Ukrainian military source told the BBC the attack in the port of Sevastopol was carried out using Storm Shadow missiles, which are supplied by Britain and France, highlighting the importance of Western weaponry to Kyiv.

Such missiles have a range of just over 150 miles.

 

NBC News and The Wall Street Journal quote unnamed US officials as saying President Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that Kyiv would get "a small number" of ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) missiles. The two leaders met at the White House on Thursday.

The WSJ adds that the weapons will be sent in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, the Washington Post cites several people familiar with the discussions as saying Ukraine will get ATACMS armed with cluster bomblets rather than a single warhead.

 

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[Social Media]

They have a catchy name. They’re called "attack'ems".

It's a play on an acronym, ATACMS, which itself stands for Army Tactical Missile System.

 

To you and me it's a long-range missile.

It has a range of about 180 miles, it's guided, it can be fired from Ukraine's existing fleet of missile launch systems and President Zelenskyy's battlefield commanders have been asking for it for some time.

[Tug]

Those will go a long ways in helping to disrupt Russian logistics and perhaps hopefully ???? nock down a few spans of the Kerch bridge.hopefully across the deep water channel to bottle up the russan fleet so they can be destroyed.old putties gonna be mad ???? 

[thaibeachlovers]

According to google they are about US$850,000 EACH.

How many will they be supplying at that cost?

 

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-comes-close-to-getting-atacms-how-will-it-change-the-war/

According to Borsari, other issues explaining the hesitancy could be the ATACMS cost-effectiveness per round, with a single missile costing around $850,000 compared to just $160,000 for a GMLRS rocket, as well as an evaluation of Ukraine's operational priorities.

 

Even the long suffering US taxpayer will be wondering if it is worth it at that cost.

[Jingthing]

Should have done this a year ago. 

[Skipalongcassidy]

So when the war is over... the rest of the world will look down it's collective nose and say the USA should quit trying to run the world.  Joe failed Afghanistan rest assured Joe will fail the Ukraine.

[heybruce]

1 hour ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

So when the war is over... the rest of the world will look down it's collective nose and say the USA should quit trying to run the world.  Joe failed Afghanistan rest assured Joe will fail the Ukraine.

Ever deeper down the rabbit hole, oblivious to the fact that the US is one of many countries supporting Ukraine and the fact that Russia started the war by invading Ukraine.

[Danderman123]

On 10/2/2023 at 5:14 PM, Skipalongcassidy said:

So when the war is over... the rest of the world will look down it's collective nose and say the USA should quit trying to run the world.  Joe failed Afghanistan rest assured Joe will fail the Ukraine.

Why it's important to stop Russia now.

[freeworld]

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

Why it's important to stop Russia now.

Do you honestly believe  that? it's just another Russian hollering in the echo chamber. They are  trying to get a reaction but nobody responds and it makes them look weak.

 

Just like that Dmitry Medvedev, constantly yapping on the sidelines.

[Danderman123]

11 minutes ago, freeworld said:

Do you honestly believe  that? it's just another Russian hollering in the echo chamber. They are  trying to get a reaction but nobody responds and it makes them look weak.

 

Just like that Dmitry Medvedev, constantly yapping on the sidelines.

I believe that's what they want.

 

If Trump gets re-elected, Russia might get that and more.