July 14, 2023
Washington is “very close” to making a decision on whether to provide Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles, Ukraine’s Presidential Office head Andrii Yermak told journalists on July 14.
Yermak said he’s in good contact with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and is well aware of the decision-making process.
President Joe Biden confirmed on July 12 that the U.S. was considering supplying the long-requested missiles to Ukraine. He told Bloomberg, however, that artillery ammunition was a more urgent need for Ukraine as the country already possesses weapons systems similar to ATACMS.
Biden was likely referring to the SCALP long-range missiles pledged by France at the latest NATO summit and the U.K.-provided Storm Shadow missiles, in use by the Ukrainian military since May.
Storm Shadows and Scalp missiles have a range of approximately 250 kilometers. Meanwhile, the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, can reach targets more than 300 kilometers away.
Ukraine’s president discussed the provision of ATACMS with his American counterpart at the Vilnius NATO summit on July 12.
Washington has been reluctant to supply ATACMS due to the fear of escalation and the concerns that they may be used to attack Russian territory.
Supporters of providing ATACMS argue that Kyiv’s inability to strike targets far from the frontline results in the deaths of numerous Ukrainians and makes it very difficult for Ukraine to expel Russian troops from its territory.
One more package of ice cream and the decision will be made…
Even if Mr. Magoo allows the ATACMS the military will have to reverse engineer the control limitations put on the HIMARS so they couldn’t fire the ATACMS. I hope that doesn’t take very long.
I am not sure if that is necessary as as far as I know it only means they cannot fire on Russia.
I don’t think they would impose a range limition on them as you can simply give missiles that don’t shoot far like they have done so far.
Here you go:
https://www.newsweek.com/us-modifying-high-mobility-artillery-rocket-systems-himars-provided-ukraine-report-says-1764798
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3762042-us-secretly-modified-himars-for-ukraine-to-prevent-kyiv-from-shooting-long-range-missiles-into-russia/
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-modified-himars-rocket-launchers-before-sending-to-ukraine-wsj-2022-12
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I want everyone on here to know how much more I’ve come to appreciate all the hard work that goes
into writing articles educating and informing readers across the globe about Ukraine and the struggle for freedom against ruscist genocide.
Welcome i was most active with my gurls from 2014 to 2020, mostly on Disqus. After my Suzanna died in a fatal car accident i reduced my presence, but i will stay out here.
Good job, Mike! It’s good that you hung in there. I respect that a lot.
It’s hard to believe that we’ve been doing this since 2014!
We are a family and we should treat each others accordingly. Berts and Larry’s may have a different point of view, they would kill us for their DemocRAT heroes. I appreciate what Biden is doing but i will never surrender my stripes. 😎
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Hear, hear, sir Bill! Indeed, it’s a lot of work and we sacrifice lots of time, but it’s worth it. It’s for the freedom of an entire nation! Cheers, Bill!
All the knights at our roundtable on UAToday should get tons of respect for their hard work for Ukraine, and especially for Sir Veth to take time between his cigarette tossings in the Crimea 😉 We built this tool over the years so please help us take care of it Sir William.