Ukraine allowed to use ATACMS in Russia

President Joe Biden’s administration has given the green light for Ukraine to use long-range ATACMS missiles supplied by the U.S. to strike targets inside Russia


MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

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

Flight
Missile performs rapid and sudden course corrections to avoid interception

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

Warhead: Anti-personnel submunitions, or 230kg high-explosive

Launcher
U.S.-supplied HIMARS* (pictured) or older M270 systems sent by UK and Germany


ATACMS Range: 300km

MOLDOVA
ROMANIA
BELARUS
Kyiv
UKRAINE
Russian control
Black Sea
Kursk
RUSSIA
300km 185 miles

Possible targets: ATACMS likely to be initially employed against Russian and North Korean troops to support Ukrainian forces in Kursk region of western Russia


*High Mobility Artillery Rocket System


Sources: Defence View, ISW, Lockheed Martin, New York Times, Reuters
Picture: U.S. Army
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