Ukraine’s special forces used M39 ATACMS ballistic missiles to destroy nine Russian helicopters, an air-defence missile launcher and other equipment
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 11.Ukraine’s faltering counteroffensive received a small but important boost with the deployment of American-made, long-range missiles that hit two airfields in parts of the country occupied by
Their delivery, which was kept quiet until the moment they were used, marks a new phase in the managed escalation of the war by the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, whose member countries have been slowly sending more sophisticated and deadly weapons to Ukraine. These include German-built Leopard 2 tanks, multiple-rocket launchers and American Patriot surface-to-air missile systems. Next year, Ukraine, whose air force is small, will receive U.S.
Military strategists say the ATACMS are valuable additions to the Ukraine military but are not war game changers because their warheads use cluster bombs, or “bomblets,” which are not effective against hard or highly protected targets.
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