Both US ruling parties are united on the issue of transferring long-range missiles to Ukraine.
In the US, both parties – Democratic and Republican – support the provision of ATACMS guided ballistic missiles to Ukraine for the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. US lawmakers’ call for immediate supplies intensified after the publication of a video of the brutal torture and killing of a Ukrainian soldier and a terrorist attack on the Yelenovskaya prison, where invaders killed 50 inmates , including the defenders of Azovstal. Correspondent.net telling the details.
Americans for the transfer of long-range missiles to Ukraine
In the US Congress, both parties support the supply of ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, which can hit targets at a distance of 300 kilometers. The US government believes it should be done urgently, said Elissa Slotkin, a member of the US House of Representatives from the Democratic Party, on Thursday.
Congress has been pushing for additional military aid for the next three to six weeks as the military plans a counteroffensive in the south of the country. American lawmakers want the Armed Forces of Ukraine to succeed “as much as possible” in withdrawing from the occupation of their territories.
“You know what is the main thing about this briefing: what we can and must do for the Ukrainians, literally in the next three to six weeks, very quickly… I think we clearly heard from the President Zelensky and we were confirmed today “Ukrainians really want to hit Russia in the teeth a few times before winter begins,” said Slotkin.
The calls of both lawmakers, experts and politicians in America, as well as ordinary citizens, began to become more urgent after the massacre of Ukrainian servicemen in Yelenovka, located in the territory of the “DPR”, and the appearance on the network of a video of the brutal killing of an APU military, previously tortured, including castration.
express #RussiaIsATerroristState
Supply ATACMS to Ukraine
This is the bare minimum of what should be done to address the existential threat Russia poses to the world.
— Michael MacKay (@mhmck) July 29, 2022
I just watched the video showing Russian soldiers cutting off the genitals of Ukrainian POWs. How can you not see that? WTF are we waiting for to stop this evil? Stop the gradual shipment of weapons, we all know they need them- 100 MLRS, all kinds of rounds, ATACM, tanks, etc, ship it! 🤬
— John Spencer (@SpencerGuard) July 28, 2022
Both parties in the US support the transfer of 300 km range ATACMS missiles to #Ukraine. So are Americans. @ChuckGrassley please tell the president: Only three missiles can destroy the Kerch bridge in Crimea and hasten Russia’s defeat.#UkraineWar #HIMARS #Kherson pic.twitter.com/r8VbGlxxI5
— Alec Burns (@KingLutherQ) July 28, 2022
give ukraine every weapon they need until every invader is dead.
— matthew. (@iAmTheWarax) July 28, 2022
So, the senior adviser of the US Congress, Paul Massaro, called on the US to provide Ukraine with ATACMS and tanks. “The barbarity and debauchery of the Russian invaders is outrageous. Castration, abuse, rape, murder of children, destruction of cities. Unbridled evil,” he wrote on Twitter.
At the same time, he emphasized that only Ukraine can stop the evil of Russia, and called to give it more weapons needed to defeat the enemy.
“Russian evil will only end with a Ukrainian victory. ATACMS for Ukraine. And modern battle tanks. Give them everything. Everything they need to end the crime against humanity,” Massaro wrote.
ATACMS for Ukraine. And modern battle tanks. Give them everything. Everything they need to end this crime against humanity
— Paul Massaro (@apmassaro3) July 29, 2022
This issue focuses on a series of tweets on his microblog. It is worth noting that almost all of his Twitter consists of calls for help to Ukraine in the war with Russia.
– ATACMS for Ukraine
– Terrorist state design
– Gas penalties
– Blanket visa ban— Paul Massaro (@apmassaro3) July 31, 2022
The head of the Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Adam Smith, said last week that he was promoting the idea of transferring ATACMS to Ukraine.
“The longer the range, the better, because in this war, whoever sees at a longer distance, who can shoot at a longer distance, is in a better position,” he told Radio Liberty.
Smith said that the Americans have already seen the results of HIMARS in Ukraine and at a longer range, “it will be more difficult for the Russian military to hide everything that is needed to support the army.”
“We’re already seeing that they’re starting to stockpile it a little bit more domestically. So I think we should provide longer-range missiles. The delegation I’m with in Ukraine, which is a bipartisan delegation of The US House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services is unanimous on this issue. All five members of the delegation are in favor of providing longer-range missiles. And we will continue to defend this idea,” he said.
The congressman noted that 50-50 systems of HIMARS and similar are unlikely to be built, the goal for the United States is to transfer 25-30 systems to Ukraine and “the maximum number of missiles for them.”
The White House objected, but Ukraine insisted
At the end of July, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that the goal of the United States is not only to support and protect Ukraine, but also to prevent the third world war, so the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot receive long-range missiles.
He added that at the same time, Biden approved the transfer of high-precision projectiles for HIMARS to Ukraine, and the United States, among other things, provides the Ukrainian Armed Forces with various attack drones which is effectively used by Ukrainian military personnel.
However, the Ukrainian government has little doubt that it will receive ATACMS. Thus, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said last month that acquiring ATACMS was the Pentagon’s next logical step. About this in detail in the material Estonia will receive long-term HIMARS: and Ukraine?.
Nikolai Beleskov, an analyst at the National Institute for Strategic Studies, a military expert, believes that in order to obtain supplies of ATACMS from American partners, it is necessary to work on arguments, because Russia is threatening a nuclear response to any strike on objects. in occupied Crimea.
The analyst emphasizes that before that, Ukraine clearly showed that it uses M31 ammunition in the HIMARS MLRS for military purposes – the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not share the fear of the civilian population.
“A missile with a range of 300 kilometers does not pose any threat to Muscovy’s strategic nuclear forces and the main political / economic centers. The future defeat of Muscovy’s forces in Ukraine, with the help of ATACMS, is not an existential conventional threat to Muscovy, which would justify the threats / use nuclear weapons,” wrote Beleskov on his Telegram channel.
According to him, the fact that the United States has not yet provided ATACMS to Ukraine does not mean that we should give up – we need to continue working on it. And the work on this issue is underway, said Reznikov.
What is known about ATACMS
ATACMS tactical missiles are ballistic projectiles that can be fired at a distance of up to 300 kilometers. There are several changes that differ in range and accuracy.
With the help of HIMARS, you can launch one ATACMS missile, and two from the MLRS M270, which is also in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. HIMARS is more mobile, so it has less firepower than the heavier tracked M270.
ATACMS is not a new generation of missiles. This is a classic ballistic missile, which was developed in the late 80s and only then underwent modernization.
For the US Army, it is considered obsolete and out of production, and its service life continues until the PrSm missiles, now undergoing active tests, are ready for operation.
Initially, it was created to destroy, first of all, air defense positions, forward fueling points, command posts and similar objects.
If Ukraine receives ATACMS missiles, they will likely be of the M48, M57 or M57E1 type – all with integrated inertial and satellite guidance systems, a range of up to 300 kilometers and a 250-kilogram high-explosive warhead.
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For the first time, ATACMS was used during Operation Desert Storm – to destroy air defense batteries and communication centers of Iraqi troops. During the operation, the Americans hit about 200 trucks and equipment. The effectiveness of combat use of these systems has been relatively high.
ATACMS flies along the so-called semi-ballistic trajectory, when the initial acceleration occurs in a pre-programmed rigid trajectory, and the entire subsequent flight – after reaching the apogee – takes place in a controlled mode.
The missile is controlled by aerodynamic rudders on signals from the onboard control system, which continuously determines the intended point of impact and generates commands to align it with the target.
Characteristics of ATACMS
Thanks to ATACMS, the Ukrainian military will have the opportunity to hit the strategic targets of the invaders of Crimea. This also applies to the Crimean Bridge – the main artery for the transfer of Russian military and equipment to the peninsula – and goal number 1 for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In addition, rail communications in Crimea, weapons depots and military bases, ships in ports and other targets, which have accumulated on the peninsula since 2014, are under attack.
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