#ATACMS

[porracristo]

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[tomorrowusa]

The UK is joining the US in permitting Ukraine to strike deeper into Russia with longer range missiles they've supplied. France may do the same. This seems to be a response to Russia's attack on Ukrainian infrastructure over the weekend.

Britain is expected to supply Storm Shadow missiles for use by Ukraine on targets inside Russia, now that the US president, Joe Biden, has agreed to do the same for the similar American long-range Atacms weapon. Keir Starmer, the prime minister, said at the G20 summit that the UK recognised it needed to “double down” on its support for Ukraine, while diplomatic sources briefed they expected other European countries to follow the US lead. The prime minister said that, while he was “not going to get into operational details”, he recognised the need to do more to help Ukraine, whose electricity network was seriously damaged by a wave of Russian bombing on Sunday. [ ... ] Ukraine wants to be able to strike barracks, fuel and logistics hubs, and airbases deeper inside Russia to blunt Moscow’s relentless attacks on their country. Russia, by contrast, is able to strike targets anywhere in Ukraine. Biden had refused to allow permission for long-range missiles to be used inside Russia for years but finally relented on Sunday, and said that Ukraine could use Atacms missiles to try to halt an expected counter-offensive by an estimated 50,000 Russian and North Korean forces in Kursk. [ ... ] Putin had said Moscow would “take the appropriate decisions based on the threats that we will face” and previously suggested Moscow could supply long-range weapons to other countries with the aim of attacking western targets. Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s foreign minister, said that the country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, had already said Paris was open to consider greenlighting the use of its missiles to strike on Russian soil.

Vladimir Putin is being highly hypocritical as always. The war was started by Putin's illegal and unprovoked invasion almost 1,000 days ago. Without Russia's attack on Ukraine, there would be no war. It's really that simple. If Russian forces left Ukrainian territory, the war would end minutes later.

Putin is in blatant violation of the United Nations Charter (1945), the Helsinki Accords (1975), and the Budapest Memorandum (1994). The self-serving drivel he concocted to justify his war of aggression has no legal basis. Putin is simply trying to restore the decrepit old Soviet Union of his youth in all but name. If he is not smitten down in Ukraine then he will just continue to do the same thing elsewhere.

[brunojordanposts]

Europa reacciona ante la inacción de Trump en Ucrania: más sanciones, supermisiles y envío de tropas

Por Juan Antonio Sanz   Periodista y analista para Público en temas internacionales. Especialista universitario en Servicios de Inteligencia e Historia Militar. El plan danés de enviar tropas a Ucrania para “aprender” de la guerra, los misiles alemanes y las nuevas sanciones a Moscú disparan la presión europea a la entente de EEUU y Rusia.      Europa no se lo está poniendo fácil al presidente…

[kramlabs]

What will be the new retaliation target? If Yuzhmash was a “adequate demonstration of capability” (speed, precision, kinetic penetration), the next strike will be labeled as “moderate” or “intensive” as they move up their escalation flow chart.

Aegis Ashore Redzikowo:

mihail kogalniceanu air base:

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If we are on the same timeline as Yuzhmash, Oreshnik will be on display for another day or so at Kapustin Yar before being launched at retaliation target.

. https://www.tumblr.com/kramlabs/768169139443531776/kaputsin-yar-the-russian-area-51-equivalent

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Update: the closed airspace announcement for Kaputsin Yar 51, specifies a window when retaliation could occur

[indizombie]

Lame duck United States President Joe Biden has again just thrown fuel to the fire in Ukraine by announcing not only authorization of use of US “longer range missiles” to target deeper into Russia but also the supply of universally banned anti-personnel mines to Volodymyr Zelensky, throwing a monkey wrench into the potential peace deals which the incoming Trump administration may have in mind. More importantly, this has triggered Russian President Vladimir Putin to formally sign Russia’s new nuclear doctrine lowering the threshold of its nuclear response to direct threats to the Motherland. Zelensky, on the last leg of his political life, quickly used Biden’s move to stoke up the fire – firing sic ATACMS missiles at Bryansk in Russian territory. All these have sparked panic across the globe fearing the start of escalation to a nuclear Third World War as the world awaits Russia’s retaliation for the very grave provocations.

Rod Kapunan, ‘US sowing chaos in PH, SCS & ASEAN’, Manila Standard

[memenewsdotcom]

Ukraine fires U.S. missiles at Russia

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

The charred wreck of a 92N6E “Grave Stone” missile control radar hit by a Ukrainian ATACMS, Belbek Airfield, Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, May 15, 2024. Source: OSINTtechnical

Additional support vehicle also damaged. Both vehicles were attached to the airbase's S-400 battery. Belbek Airfield, Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, May 15, 2024. Source: OSINTtechnical

P.S. Very good news!

[workersolidarity]

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UNITED STATES SENDS LONG-RANGE ATACMS MISSILES TO UKRAINE

A report published by Reuters on Wednesday says the Biden administration has quietly sent long-range ATACMS missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The report claims the missiles are for use to fend off "Russian invaders," however, the Ukrainian military over the last year has used its HIMARS missile systems to bombard civilian areas of Russian and Ukrainian cities under the control of the Russian government, including attacks on Russian oil fields.

The long-range missiles were included in the latest $300 million military aid package for Kiev, approved by the Biden administration on March 12th, and were used for the first time in a strike on a Russian airfield in Crimea on April 12th, according to a U.S. official who spoke with Reuters under condition of anonymity.

The long-range ATACMS missiles have a range of up to 300km (187mi), which the Pentagon previously opposed sending to Ukraine out of concerns over U.S. military readiness and worries that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would use the missiles to strike deep into Russian territory.

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@WorkerSolidarityNews

[mundua]

[originalleftist]

The US has confirmed Russia has pulled 90% of its aircraft out of range of Ukrainian ATACMS.

First the Russian Navy ran away.

Now the Russian Air Force is running away.

Next up: The Russian Army.

[cockatude]

I've noticed Biden's position has been that Israel can do whatever it wants to civilians with no consequence but Ukraine is obliged to keep allowing Russia to kill as many civilians as it can so we can befriend them in the future.

[tomorrowusa]

Events in Israel and Gaza have overshadowed news of Ukrainian progress in driving out Russian invaders.

Ukraine used M39 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles provided by the US for the first time against two targets in Ukraine occupied by Putin's forces. One of those targets was an airfield in Berdyansk on the coast of the Sea of Azov.

The result was “one of the most serious strikes of all time” in Russia’s 21-month wider war on Ukraine, according to Fighterbomber, a popular Russian Telegram channel. The Ukrainian military claimed it destroyed a combined nine helicopters in the Berdyansk attack and a simultaneous raid on a facility in Luhansk, farther to the east. Ukrainian analysis team Frontelligence Insight compared high-resolution Planet Labs satellite imagery from September with lower-resolution imagery from Wednesday broadly to confirm the military’s claim. Frontelligence Insight scrutinized imagery from Sept. 29 and pinpointed four Kamov Ka-52 and one Mil Mi-24 helicopters parked on the northern apron at the Berdyansk base. The group then scrutinized imagery from Oct. 17—and found scorch marks where those five helicopters should have been.

Here's how ATACMS work.

The M39 Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, is a two-ton, 13-foot ballistic missile with a solid rocket motor and a warhead containing 950 grenade-size submunitions. Fired by a tracked or wheeled launcher, the 1990s-vintage missile ranges as far as 100 miles under inertial guidance. An M39 usually should strike within 50 yards or so of its aim-point. This isn’t super-accurate by modern standards, but it’s accurate enough considering that the M39 is an area weapon.

Why the attack on Berdyansk is important.

And now the Russians must make some difficult choices in order to protect their surviving rotorcraft from follow-on ATACMS raids. “The impact of this devastating attack is undeniable,” Frontelligence Insight noted. “It will likely disrupt helicopter operations in the south of Ukraine for some time, compelling the Russians to adjust their logistics and the operations of nearby helicopter bases.”

Russia can no longer count on distance to keep its helicopters safe. Not being able to use helicopters reliably will hurt its operations as Ukrainian forces gradually push south to cut off occupied Crimea by land from Russia.

Wars don't go away because other wars break out or because people in third countries get bored with them. Putin has no fucking business in Ukraine and his invasion is a direct threat to the eastern flank of America's NATO allies.

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[kramlabs]

Deep inside russia?

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Reminder:

[kgyst]

ATACMS kazettás fejrésszel eléggé szétszed egy komplett Sz-400 komplexumot

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