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26/04/24 07:25 AM IST

US Army Tactical Missile System

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  • The United States has confirmed providing long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to Ukraine to aid its war effort against Russia.
About ATACMS
  • The ATACMS is a conventional surface-to-surface artillery weapon system capable of striking targets well beyond the range of existing Army cannons, rockets and other missiles.
  • Its maximum range is 300km. Notably, this is not the first time that the ATACMS system has been delivered, although the earlier systems had much shorter ranges of around 160 km.
  • For instance, in October 2023, the US provided missiles with cluster munitions.
  • When fired, they would open in the air and release hundreds of “bomblets” rather than a single warhead, the Associated Press reported at the time
  • ATACMS missiles are fired from the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) M270 platforms, which have the US and the United Kingdom earlier provided to Ukraine.
Source- Indian Express

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