U.S. secretly gives Kyiv long-range missiles

Ukraine has begun using long-range ATACMS missiles – quietly shipped by the U.S. – against Russian forces. The weapons are part of a $300m aid package approved by President Biden in March

MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

Solid fuel missile, length: 4m diameter: 610mm

Precision
GPS guidance system gives CEP (circular error probable) of 10-50m

Flight
Missile performs rapid and sudden course corrections to avoid interception

Warhead: Anti-personnel submunitions, or 230kg high-explosive – same warhead used in Navy’s Harpoon anti-ship missile


ATACMS Range: 300km
BELARUS
MOLDOVA
ROMANIA
UKRAINE
Kyiv
RUSSIA
Front line 
Russian-held territory
1 2
Black Sea

300km 185 miles

Launcher
High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) supplied to Kyiv


1 Apr 17, Dzhankoi: Russian airfield in Crimea attacked with ATACMS

2 Apr 24, Berdyansk: Russian troops in port city fired on by long-range missiles

Sources: Defence View, Reuters, Lockheed Martin, ISW
185 miles Picture: U.S. Army
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