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The US secretly sent long-range ATACMS to Ukraine — and Kyiv used them
Posted on 4/25/24 at 6:55 am
Posted on 4/25/24 at 6:55 am
Now we know at least partly why it was so important to pass Ukraine aid. Is this new $1B package included in the $61B he just signed?
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/24/us-long-range-missiles-ukraine-00154110
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The transfer of Army Tactical Missile Systems with a nearly 200-mile range ends a yearslong drama between Washington and Kyiv.
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The Biden administration last month secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine for the first time in the two-year war — and Kyiv has already used the weapon twice to strike deep behind Russian lines.
In March, the U.S. quietly approved the transfer of a number of Army Tactical Missile Systems with a range of nearly 200 miles, said a senior Biden administration official and two U.S. officials, allowing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s forces to put at risk more Russian targets inside Ukrainian sovereign territory.
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The administration will include additional long-range ATACMS in a new $1 billion package of military aid President Joe Biden approved on Wednesday, one of the U.S. officials said.
The provision of the long-range version of the ATACMS ends a lengthy drama in which Ukraine clamored for years to receive the weapon, driving a wedge between Washington and Kyiv. The U.S. quietly sent the medium-range version of the missile in October, but Ukraine continued to press for a weapon that would allow it to strike farther behind Russia’s lines.
Ukrainian forces have used the long-range missiles twice, first against a Russian military base in Crimea and more recently against Russian forces east of Berdyansk near the Sea of Azov, the senior administration official said.
The U.S. on Wednesday announced a new $1 billion package of weapons that will quickly be transferred to Ukraine now that Biden has signed off on the long-delayed foreign aid bill that passed the Senate this week. Among other weapons, the tranche will include Stinger anti-aircraft missiles for air defense; 155mm artillery rounds; Bradley Fighting Vehicles; Javelin anti-tank systems; and Claymore anti-personnel munitions, according to a Pentagon press release.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/24/us-long-range-missiles-ukraine-00154110
Posted on 4/25/24 at 6:59 am to loogaroo
“We are just giving them a bunch of old 1950’s weapons” ~ Ukraine simps
Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:02 am to thebigmuffaletta
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We are just giving them a bunch of old
The replacement for the atacms is coming into service. But im sure you thought that was a super brilliant gotcha you had.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:08 am to loogaroo
These people are fricking insane.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:15 am to LSUnation78
I have posted before that these "aid packages" are more for US military contractors than Ukraine. They have new widgets to sell and need a buyer. We give our existing inventory to Ukraine, then buy more widgets from our contractors.
Dead Ukrainians and Russians don't appear on the balance sheet. And what good is a firecracker if you don't get to hear the boom?
Dead Ukrainians and Russians don't appear on the balance sheet. And what good is a firecracker if you don't get to hear the boom?
Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:17 am to loogaroo
ATACMS wont change the war. Ukraine doesn't have the manpower to make a dent in the Russian advance.
However, the MIC loves it as does Congress and the neocons/neoliberals.
However, the MIC loves it as does Congress and the neocons/neoliberals.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:22 am to Wildcat1996
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I have posted before that these "aid packages" are more for US military contractors than Ukraine. They have new widgets to sell and need a buyer. We give our existing inventory to Ukraine, then buy more widgets from our contractors.
Dead Ukrainians and Russians don't appear on the balance sheet. And what good is a firecracker if you don't get to hear the boom?
This country has been involved in military engagements since Vietnam. Guess what industry has benefited from constant war? It's disgusting.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:24 am to loogaroo
Guess where ATACMS are manufactured?
Right there in good old Camden, Arkansas.
Right there in good old Camden, Arkansas.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:26 am to loogaroo
These weapons use cluster rounds. Extremely accurate and difficult to shoot down.
Our treasonous DC bureaucrats are dangerously close to getting the world into the final war. Foolish, evil, idiots.
Our treasonous DC bureaucrats are dangerously close to getting the world into the final war. Foolish, evil, idiots.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 8:02 am to LSUnation78
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The replacement for the atacms is coming into service. But im sure you thought that was a super brilliant gotcha you had.
LINK
Posted on 4/25/24 at 8:08 am to Wildcat1996
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I have posted before that these "aid packages" are more for US military contractors than Ukraine. They have new widgets to sell and need a buyer. We give our existing inventory to Ukraine, then buy more widgets from our contractors.
Bingo. It’s the same reason we left all that equipment In Afghanistan . Oh well, just gotta buy more. The defense contractors gotta eat. And politicians gotta get their kickbacks.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 8:57 am to loogaroo
They're hellbent to get us dragged into this bullshite
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:11 am to FATBOY TIGER
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:26 am to loogaroo
Double posted. Apologies.
This post was edited on 4/25/24 at 10:35 am
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:26 am to loogaroo
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The US secretly sent long-range ATACMS to Ukraine — and Kyiv used them
Who in this world would still deny that this is a very deliberate escalation by the US?
ETA: Some lone downvoting fig doesn't think this is deliberate escalation by the US. I suspect it's a member of the Call of Duty keyboard warrior cult from the O-T thread.
This post was edited on 4/25/24 at 10:34 am
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:28 am to thebigmuffaletta
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“We are just giving them a bunch of old 1950’s weapons” ~ Ukraine simps
You left out the part where the D.C. Uniparty Globalists and their Gaslight Media partners are telling the American people the tens of billions of US taxpayer dollars being dumped into Ukraine is just as beneficial to the US economy as it is to the Ukraine war effort.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:29 am to TigerAxeOK
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Who in this world would still deny that this is a very deliberate escalation by the US?
Kind of hard not to.
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