expert named long-range missiles that the Ukrainian Armed Forces may receive – UNIAN
There are at least two modifications of ATACMS that Ukraine does not yet have.
Today, two types of long-range Western missiles are known to be used in Russia – ATACMS and Storm Shadow. However, as military expert Alexander Kovalenko writes, these are not the only missiles that Ukraine can receive from its allies. And even if we take only ATACMS, there are several modifications of these missiles that Ukraine does not yet have in service.
ATACMS and their variants
It is known that Ukraine received and repeatedly used modifications of ATACMS missiles M39 (ATACMS Block I) And M39A1 (ATACMS Block IA). The first of them is a missile with a cluster warhead for 950 M74 submunitions and a flight range of up to 165 km. In turn, the M39A1 (ATACMS Block IA) with a warhead of only 300 M74 submunitions,…