ATACMS have a range of up to 190 miles and can be launched from the HIMARS mobile rocket launchers the Ukrainian military has already received.
President Joe Biden has informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the U.S. will provide Ukraine with long-range missiles topped with cluster munitions, U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News on Friday. Known as ATACMS – Army Tactical Missile System – have a range of up to 190 miles and can be launched from the HIMARS mobile rocket launchers the Ukrainian military has already received. at the White House on Thursday following a visit to the U.N.
The U.S. officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a matter the administration had not yet formally announced and did not specify when the ATACMS would be transferred. A senior U.S. official familiar with the administration's deliberations said the U.S. is hoping to maintain an element of surprise with the timing of their deployment.
File: U.S. Army Tactical Missile System firing a missile into the East Sea during a South Korea-U.S. joint missile drill aimed to counter North Korea's ICBM test on July 29, 2017 in East Coast, South Korea. first reported Biden's assurance to Zelenskyy. On Friday, footage emerged on social media apparently showing Ukrainian missile strikes on a Russian navy base in Crimea. Russian state media later
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