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In March 1986, Ling-Temco-Vought won the contract for the missile design. The system was assigned the MGM-140 designation. The first test launch came two years later, thanks to earlier experience of the company with previous programs. In 2007, the U.S. Army terminated the ATACMS program due to cost, ending the ability to replenish stocks.
- M48 ATACMS deliver a single, 500-pound (230-kg) high-explosive warhead at a range of 70 to 300 km (40 to 190 miles). The explosion sends hundreds of thousands of fragments across its target area.
Whether to send the Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) with a range up to 300 km was a subject of debate within the Biden administration for months. Mid-range ATACMS were supplied last September.
Ten F-16s cost $1 billion and their sustainment cost another $1 billion. [337] By 25 May 2023, the nations of the UDCG had donated $65 billion to Ukraine's defense. [337] [338] The US approved F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots and maintenance crews. [339] [340] The training took three to four months. [341]
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that U.S. supplies of long-range ATACMS missiles and Abrams tanks to Ukraine would not change the situation on the battlefield. Asked about the issue at a regular news ...
Tactical ballistic missiles fill the gap between conventional rocket artillery and longer-range short-range ballistic missiles.Tactical missiles can carry heavy payloads deep behind enemy lines in comparison to rockets or gun artillery, while having better mobility and less expense than the more strategic theatre missiles.
The longest-range ATACMS variant has a farther reach than much of Ukraine's arsenal, including the British air-launched Storm Shadow cruise missile, which can strike targets about 155 miles away ...
The diameter of the launched ATACMS is much larger than the launch tubes on the vehicle. The vehicle has a pod with six launch tubes, each filled with a smaller GMLRS. The ATACMS uses a pod with a single missile. The 6 x GMLRS pod and the 1 x ATACMS pod can be used interchangeably on the same vehicle, though.