Ukraine: ATACMS long-range missiles from the US have arrived | DW News

It took almost a year for US president Joe Biden to make the decision, but a month after he at last promised to deliver ATACMS long-range missiles to Ukraine, the weapons have now arrived. Our correspondent Mathias Bölinger has more on the missile system's capabilities.
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[@Mahbu]

What isn't being talked about is the ATACMs is an OLD weapon system the US is in the process of phasing out. We don't produce anymore. Basically, we're getting rid of them in favor of the Precision Strike Missile (or PrSM). According to wikipedia and other sources, the PrSM is scheduled for initial operational capability in 2023. I suspect one reason we were so reluctant to give ATACMS, aside from a fear of escalation, is our PrSM wasn't yet ready. My guess is the PrSM system is now being produced or prepared in sufficient numbers that we are satisfied in emptying our ATACMS inventory to make room and save money.

[@hape3862]

That's _exactly_ what I heard a few months ago, that they were waiting for PrSM to be delivered so they could safely retire the ATACMs (= give them to Ukraine).

[@mfundomkhonta7500]

Being old means nothing,it's works,for Ukraine it's new cz they never had one

[@flaneurpainter]

Win win

[@MsJuggaletteforever1]

AmericanN****** can't deliver. First few sentences.

[@jafarbanda1847]

You’re correct!

[@untouchable360x]

Not just a missile. It's a "special military projectile."

[@helios7212]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💯🎯

[@DissectGibberish]

(snicker)

[@user-qr4jf4tv2x]

special fireworks

[@hape3862]

Can we please take a moment to appreciate that DW refrained from using the term "Game changer" in the title?

[@Jakedelus]

no need for any "game changer" ukraine wipe orcs airfield with old tech missile when orcs air defence cant do anything. all so orcs are doing so nice human waves in avdiivca so its hard to miss. where is your game changer armata ? oh i forgot it stalled on parade.

[@lrrrruleroftheplanetomicro6881]

Well, if they call 20 missiles that arrived a year late a "game changer", reasonable people might go to their studio and slap them silly.

[@cuc6410]

😂😂 well I noticed that 😅😅😅😅

[@larrymunn5279]

Not a fan of sensationalist headlines? Me either lol. My mom always used to roll her eyes and note journalists would repeatedly use the term "historic" or "greatest ever" sometimes on the same topic repeatedly, back to back.

[@havanasyndrome3024]

​@@Jakedelushow is your counteroffensive going? 😂😂😂 You gained a negative 300 mi2 since it started 😂

[@severinsilmedin2588]

If putin call it mistake, then it is the best thing to do. Slava Ukraini!

[@drmwpn]

He'd definitely know, he's basically the patron saint of unforced errors at this point.

[@Jakedelus]

when you know that putin is lying=his mouth is open. every time.

[@crymeaariver]

​@@Jakedelusgame changer # 420 Banderetas! 😂

[@Thomas-jq1qz]

@@crymeaariver Russia is beating US badly,,, US is winning by marketing their weapons which doesn't stop mighty Russia

[@Jakedelus]

@@crymeaariver you are correct, russia has many "game changers" none has seen yet 😬 only human waves one after another.

[@Lords1997]

Note: these missiles are almost 30yrs old, debris of the missiles show manufacturer dates of 1995,96,97. The US would have had to spend money to destroy these missiles. Ukraine is actually saving us money.

[@PhilipZeplinDK]

"debris of the missiles show manufacturer dates of 1995,96,97." And exactly what debris are you looking at? Source? Because they just got there, and now you're talking about analysing the debris of them. Which sounds like a load of made up BS. Not commenting on anything else, but that sounds wildly made up.

[@Lords1997]

@@PhilipZeplinDK it’s open sources by partisan residents living in the occupied regions.. The ministry of defense for Ukraine released the images themselves… I don’t know why you commented. You didn’t bring anything useful to the table except doubt. Your probably a propagandist, or an unwitting one at best… Why would I lie about the dates of the missiles? What would that change? You sound like a Putin apologist Ngl….

[@kiranreilly4916]

@@PhilipZeplinDK These missiles have been in use for days now. DW is just late to the party on this story.

[@billsigmund8113]

I'd like to know where the debris came from since the ATACAM was only built from 2001 to 2004

[@Lords1997]

@@billsigmund8113 there are literally 5 variants of ATACMS… re-do your research

[@billcook7285]

The missiles used in this strike were made in 1996. Can you imagine what we've got now? 😉

[@ZaineKnight]

Exactly

[@edwinsiala3373]

You guys are delusional.

[@Jakedelus]

and still orcs air defence didnt catch it :D Just imagine usa overpower with current weapons. it would not event be war, it would be just even bigger humiliation than what ukraine is doing to russia right now.

[@oleksii000]

@@edwinsiala3373cry me a river ivan 😂

[@billcook7285]

@@edwinsiala3373 😂😂😂 yeah, well, I bet the MFKERS that caught them missiles ain't thinking we delusional. 😂😂🤭

[@vergil7185]

Now is time for free Taurus rockets! Please Germany 🇩🇪💪

[@chrisrobert5252]

For the moment, only the nuclear powers have supplied long-range weapons: the US, UK and France.

[@lrrrruleroftheplanetomicro6881]

If you're waiting for Prince Valium aka Slowlaf Scholz to make up his mind, I've got bad news for you.

[@Highskill3r]

u got "free" right cuz others and me have to pay for it.. or will u pay for it with ur pocket money?

[@evilfingers4302]

No need for the Taurus or even the Storm Shadow/Scalp Cruise Missiles, since the ATACMS can be launched anywhere along the Frontline at any given time.

[@phpn99]

"Americans will always do the right thing, only after they have tried everything else" - Winston Churchill

[@tayler2396]

That's rich, isn't it, coming from Churchill.

[@michaelhotaling1931]

@@tayler2396 No less true because it came from Churchill.

[@larrymunn5279]

That is a little rich coming from Churchill I guess but it does ring kind of true lol. Takes one to know one I guess. Dude was probably just mad it took Pear Harbor for them to get involved and many US citizens today are very willing to repeat that.

[@dnp1814]

They destroyed Ukraine to test new technology weapons,,, 🤷🤦

[@Anvilman]

@@dnp1814 Nobody forced Russia to invade Ukraine and commit all those war crimes. And they can leave whenever they want.

[@seanbrown701]

2,500 ATACMS is not limited. The only limit is the number supplied and used each month. These change the game entirely.

[@christopherlees1134]

These are not the long range 300 km ATACMS though. For instance, they can't hit the Kerch straight bridge in Crimea.

[@nczioox1116]

​@christopherlees1134 attacking weapons depots and airfields takes priority over the bridge right now anyways

[@TheExard3k]

Zeit für deutsche Taurus! Am besten gestern.

[@northascrowsfly]

Phil Gayle is one of my favorite news presenters of all time. It always sounds like a slow read of Lord of the Rings by a fireplace in a stone tower no matter what the topic is. 😁

[@gsomethingsomething2658]

Hahaha :)

[@Rascallucci]

Yessssss!!! Finally!!! Slava Ukraini!!!

[@anarabbasov8634]

Javelin, Patriot, Abrams, Leopard....

[@bigspidey]

​@@anarabbasov8634still counting

[@anarabbasov8634]

@@bigspidey still uttering "finally"...

[@havanasyndrome3024]

😂😂😂. You 🤡🤡🤡 are funny.. Is thisca gamechanger again? 😂😂😂

[@Anvilman]

@@havanasyndrome3024 Considering how poorly Russia is faring, the game has clearly changed.

[@pjotrboboy900]

Finally added capability to UAF! This is good news. Not for everybody though

[@andreataylor7135]

Scholz had used the fact that the US had not provided ATACMS as the reason he would not allow German Cruise missiles to be sent to Ukraine, does this mean that Scholz will maybr reconsider his previous refusal to send those cruise missiles now, I hope so.

[@myshepspud1]

Wait another year. Beside, Germany is safe.

[@stanislavcocek2711]

Germany in particular, which caused two world wars, should be at peace. So that the Russians do not reconsider their attitudes towards Germany. But if your hobby is war, then maybe you will see the one where you will also see mushroom clouds. And it will probably be the last thing you look at.🤣

[@HuskyOwner-bl1jf]

I hate to say this, but DW is two days late in reporting this

[@michaelmoran2022]

Anounced today that North Korea sending Arms to putin,so we in west can give Ukraine what we want👍👍🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@m.g.debruin8294]

Russia get rusty 40 years old Arms from North Korea

[@tfhmobil]

ATACM can destroy supply routes. That’s the strength.

[@hablah5015]

Pray and support 🇺🇦 from 🇵🇭

[@NC.237]

God bless America 🇺🇸 yes 👏

[@stanislavcocek2711]

First it was short-range missiles, now long-range missiles. And when will American short-range nuclear weapons arrive in Ukraine? America increases supplies of more powerful weapons. But Russia will do the same. But the war is on Ukrainian and Russian territory, so the US is satisfied. The main thing will be that it doesn't turn over and it doesn't get to the point where rockets start hitting the US as well.

[@amandabotha1431]

Stand with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people forever. Stand strong and keep faith and prayers and love from South Africa. Slava Ukraine💙💙💛💛

[@templardisciple3387]

Forever? No...we can't fund other people's wars indefinitely

[@Thomas-jq1qz]

You must be a European living in South Africa

[@cuc6410]

😂😂

[@yifuhood]

what about the Russians says they’re defending themselves

[@cskvision]

@@yifuhood in order for Russia to "defend themselves" they have to be in their own country, not occupying another sovereign nation since 2014. Make sense?

[@andyo8141]

Where are the Taurus? Stop being late to the party.

[@angeloangeloqquiambao406]

Wow full support from PHilippines. Thank you so much US continue to protect Ukraine and Israel.

[@hkkh164]

Hhhhhhj

[@JosueMartinez-ww1vj]

Defeating putin, Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

[@jacksonmiltin4199]

@musthafapm6775 jaaaa that will never happen😂

[@ahmedabakar5166]

❤🎉 from Sudan Africa with Israel and America 🇺🇲🇸🇩🇮🇱

[@mebsrea]

Unfortunately, Israel’s view of territorial expansion and bombing civilian areas has a lot more in common with Putin’s Russia than with Ukraine and the rest of the civilized world.

[@YourEnglishGuy]

It's so nice to see Maidan, Khreschatyk Street and Globus Mall in the background. I miss lovely Kyiv so much!

[@izamalcadosa2951]

Greetings from Los Angeles, California, USA, My German Friends and DW News!!

[@krisfrederick5001]

Ask the Russians what they are capable of. You might not get an answer on the other end. "ATACMS!" The most clever acronym in weaponry history... Slava Ukraini 💙💛

[@WorldCitizen0000]

Ruzzia answers: My planes and helicopters 😭😭

[@Thomas-jq1qz]

How many times have we heard of game changer weopons offered to Ukraine,, but they get destroyed in a matter of hours by Russians..

[@petersouthernboy6327]

Thomas mad cope

[@jamesferguson2353]

@@Thomas-jq1qz and yet big bad Ruzzia is in a quagmire........SMA lmao

[@m.g.debruin8294]

Yes Russia have now only 30 helicopters left. Super Power?@@WorldCitizen0000

[@putinhuylo5404]

DW, stop twisting the facts and make it look like Ukraine has received from the West "wunderwaffe". ATACMS (for Ukraine) are even not of mid, but the short-range missiles (100 miles).

[@rudiruttger]

I hope for greater success as the situation in Ukraine normalizes, and the reality of their sovereignty is respected by default.

[@brunol-p_g8800]

Dumb bombs equipped with a propulsion system, not missiles.

[@BlackWater_49]

4:27 I'm sorry but that's false. Yes, the ATACMS are ballistic missiles but that doesn't make them harder to intercept because A: they fly quite high up so can be easily picked up by radar and B: they come back down in a parabola trajectory which is predictable and thus they can be intercepted. Cruise missiles like the Strom Shadow however stay close to the ground (~50m) and are thus often hidden from radar behind mountains etc. so are quite hard to spot.

[@antimatters6283]

You say; "can be easily picked up by radar .. [trajectory ] is predictable and thus they can be intercepted." And yet, that didn't happen. None were detected or shot down, and it isn't like Russia was not looking for attacks. Other news reports say that ATACMs can also go in zigzag, unpredictable paths. I don't find it credible Russia can shoot down ATACMs, because they haven't, any more than they've shot down HIMARs.

[@u3962521]

Not true sir. Suggest you watch a few videos on atacms. Their trajectory is not predictable. They are manuverable and random. They are flying at mach 3. They repeatedly change direction in flight as required

[@BlackWater_49]

@@u3962521 Then they aren't ballistic. Also at Mach 3 they can't be as maneuverable as Storm Shadow since the law of conservation of momentum means that too tight a turn would break it apart...

[@LeviBulger]

False. Maybe research ATACMS before talking out your ace

[@BlackWater_49]

@@LeviBulger Mate, it's physics. Conservation of momentum to be exact. You cannot turn as quickly at Mach 3 than you could below March 1 without some serious structural reinforcement because otherwise your missile will literally break itself apart...

[@seanbrown701]

Next is the F16 to touch Russian helicopters at a range of 120 km. They sit up high and their radar picks up the tree skimming helicopter. Press the button and kaboom.

[@kiranreilly4916]

Always nice to see German news be fashionably late to a topic

[@myshepspud1]

Even I don't know if it's said yet but it seems we've only seen the 150km version so far.

[@lawfordisaacs]

Please. Give. Ukraine. And. IiSRAEL. What. They. Need. To. Win.

[@Meeko2689]

They need you buddy

[@MjdMhmd-lr6jv]

We stand with Ukraine

[@PlayJasch]

Game Changer👀

[@grahamelliott9506]

and the europeans called the GMLRS system 'long range' this is our 'long range' tactical missile... we consider GMLRS to be up to medium range

[@Supernaut2000]

These ATACMS may be "old" technology but it performs better than anything Russia has. Let 'er rip!

[@bruceli9094]

Russia didnt lose the war. It was a special military defense.

[@dpelpal]

ATACMS is NOT a ballistic missile, it is a maneuvering missile. If he is going to use the terminology, he needs to get it correct.

[@TrevorSachko]

ATACMS is described as a "tactical ballistic missile"...ffs.

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

Seems more like the army just made up their own term: "This class of weapon is thus widely referred to as a "quasi-ballistic missile", though the US Army has also referred to the ATACMS as a "maneuvering missile""

[@jebbo-c1l]

send more!

[@Scrapper.]

I read somewhere that at least 13 Russian military helicopters have successfully intercepted and destroyed a barrage of ATACM missiles. Apparently Russian helicopters are so advanced they don't even have to fly to destroy the enemy's missiles. On day 604 of his 10-day special military operation to conquer Ukraine, the great Vladimir is once again victorious.

[@operator9858]

At least russia still has helicoptors left...and didnt have to run to mommy to get their weapons...

[@larrymunn5279]

Ah, the age old video game strategy of "tanking". Intercepting damage with your face. lol

[@Anvilman]

@@operator9858 Salty vatnik is salty that Ukraine's allies arn't rolling over for Putin.

[@trident6547]

@@operator9858 Says the guy whose leader runs to Kim Jong Un of all the world leaders for supplies and support. Let´s hope North Korea send a brigade or two to Ukraine because as soon as they reach Ukrainian territory they will throw down their weapons and all run over to Ukrainian lines and ask for political asylum.

[@154fleetwood]

Yeah keep reading it and believing it😂😂😂

[@fjdkfdfjdf33]

Tomahawk next?

[@guydreamr]

One more thing for Rasputin to worry about. Give 'em hell, Ukraine.

[@thefinal485]

Looks pretty freakin cool but scary

[@ddniidn8426]

HIMARS still stand strong and deliver!

[@mohammedalrashed1132]

I heard the German 🇩🇪 tanks were game changers. We don't hear of them anymore.

[@nematube]

That ole ironic "oh wasn't that supposed to be the game changing wonder weapon" has always been a strawman false critique by pro-Kremlin stooges and Putin's useful idiots.

[@esteemedyams]

I also heard that Russia could take the entirety of Eastern Europe within a week. And I also heard that they could take Kyiv in 2 weeks. And that russia has the second strongest army in the world. And that they're not going to invade Ukraine. And that this isn't a war, it's a "special military operation". And that their BMPT "Terminator" was indestructible. And that the Moskva was unsinkable. And that Europe will freeze and wither without russian gas. Funny how we don't hear about these things anymore, eh you twit?

[@Teknisk]

Because you trolls get new scripts. Soon they will pay you potatoes or vodka to write about fighterjets. 😅

[@mebsrea]

They might have been, had they been provided half a year earlier. Instead, they’re a useful addition to Ukrainian forces and have preserved the lives of a number of their crews who would not have survived the destruction of a Soviet-made tank.

[@MusicalMemeology]

Germany needs to stop being so risk averse.

[@GUMBStv]

Glory to Ukraine

[@DecapolisRanking]

Another Game changer for Ukraine🤭🤭

[@Anvilman]

Considering how badly the war is going for Russia, the game has definately changed.

[@Freestyle420z]

Beautiful

[@shannonbertram5513]

The first 7 they fired 5 got shot Without air defence calibration

[@discoverydroid2134]

Be grateful to the US...but first, give much thanks to great Britain 🇬🇧 and France 🇫🇷 for forcing the hands of the US by leading the way with storm shadow and scalp eg..they are the true saviors here 🎉

[@jansix4287]

LOL. Yeah, forcing other countries’ hands supposedly was also the best about those 14 Challengers. 🤭

[@chrisrobert5252]

infantile comment aimed at dividing Ukraine's supporters... Krembot?

[@goutvols103]

If Trump was president, Trump would have given Ukraine all requested F-16s and A-10s by now. Biden is a weak link.

[@delos2279]

NL and DK F-16s coming up next!

[@Anvilman]

@@goutvols103 I'm assuming that was sarcasm. Unfortunately, Poe's law is in full effect here.

[@cosmincalin1469]

Russia should use s300 to intercept them now behind 100 kilometres of the front linne

[@maxotbekessov2225]

USA HAVE BEEN PROMISED TO UKRAINE GARANTIA TERRITORY INTEGRITY ACCORDIND BUDAPEST MEMORANDUM, SO KEEP THIS PROMISE. GREAT JOB, WELL DONE. GLORIA TO UKRAINE!!!

[@damarcusowens5511]

a promise made 30 years ago by people who don’t even work for the government anymore

[@petesalwey3801]

Why isn't this on national news

[@aardvarkmindshank]

Uhm er erh uhm erh.

[@LarsDennert]

Precision guided munitions decrease the chances of civilian casualties.

[@kanyon_ni_mang_simeon]

If the US gave this long time ago Ukraine could've regain most of its territories back by now, the delay was uneccessary !

[@kenneththebruce]

The ATACMS is no different than the Iskander, which Ukraine has. So your statement is quite invalid.

[@wolfgangselle3272]

@@kenneththebrucemaybe on the spec sheet … 😂 we all can see what the Russian weapons have for a value and how strong they are in real life. And it’s shows ( at least with there conventional weapons ) they are only on paper strong!

[@Eugenetra7]

@@kenneththebruce Iskander is a russian missile, we never had them. And we had 5 major storage facilities destroyed before 2022. Almost nothing left.

[@redmustangredmustang]

There were some missiles that were going far back as 1996. All this does is wipe out old inventory and giving Ukraine our old missiles and weapons rather than spending money decommissioning them takes time, they can be used against the Russians.

[@SunSeeker-yv7tu]

😂 as an asian i just awed.. I have no idea when we could be able to produce such things. And then u here just give it free in order to decommissioning it. Felt like, I born up in wrong country😅

[@nooboard]

ATACMS is a short-range system, not long-range. It is ONLY 300 km max range. That's short-range, not long-range. Please get your facts and wording right.

[@Jakedelus]

it is Rocket artillery system and on that purpose it is long range system. So check your own facts right.

[@sergiyrospysdiyenko6224]

On other hand US doesn't have to pay to dispose those weapons, instead making money. Ukraine can protect itself from moscovia regime. Of course its not comparable to 1000 cruise and anti ship missiles, strategic bombers and nuclear missiles, Ukraine gave up after Budapest memorandum, at least something....

[@JosephPankito-cy1fk]

Gd news.. Bravo ukraine.

[@sleendrvr]

That reporters stutter was so bad it was giving me anxiety.

[@lucaluca8377]

🇺🇸💪🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦

[@jianyang6281]

does this mean, the USA violated the mid-range missile deal in the year of 1996?

[@timetraveler_0]

ATACMs were supposed to be something of a sort of game changers from what I remember, now they are just 'an additional'/nice to have option?

[@Anvilman]

The game has already changed; Ukraine is pushing Russia back and dealing them horrendous casualties.

[@bigspidey]

​@@Anvilmanwhat part of the frontline u are currently

[@Anvilman]

@@bigspidey It's no secret that Russia has been getting slowly pushed back, and taking horrendous casualties just to slow the Ukrainian advance. They just tried to regain the strategic initiative by attacking Avdiivka, and were beaten horribly.

[@larrymunn5279]

Well Ukraine lacked anything of the sort I guess till france and the uk chipped in their own stuff, like they said in the video. US either doesn't wanna be seen as the escalator or they just don't wanna fall behind other countries in donations I guess.

[@tdawg5742]

@@larrymunn5279 This war is in Europe so it's a European problem so the French, Germans, and UK should be footing the bill on this war. The Americans have a bigger problem to deal with and that's the Chinese who are way more of an issue than the Russians should the Chinese decide to do something. I highly doubt the Europeans will help us in the Pacific since the Europeans are dragging their feet and neglecting the war happening in their backyard. Yet, we're half a world away from the war and we've already donated more to Ukraine than all European nations combined.

[@samuraijutsu8876]

I'll tell you what that missile was capable of. It is capable of ensuring that we will be fighting a nuclear war at some point.

[@4layers404]

Only if Russia makes the move. Ukraine has none and won’t be getting any

[@dirtyharry6297]

🇺🇦❤🇺🇸

[@btsgalaxy5832]

Korea's Chunmoo is better. The cost of Chunmoo is 1/4 of the ATACMS and has almost twice the explosive power built in. The best thing is it can be delivered quickly.

[@markdeckard7651]

Putin "ATACMS another mistake by the US". Yes, now let's quietly and mistakenly give Ukraine back their nukes. Loving these Freedom mistakes.

[@Anvilman]

Nukes are only useful as a deterrent, so that would be a bad idea at this point.

[@jeremygibbs7342]

Not the nukes, but lets give them the actual number of tanks and fighter jets to win this war.

[@operator9858]

Sry kids, fantasy time is over. They werent their nukes in the first place, they never had the launch codes and russians garrisoned the missiles themselves. And what impact are you really expecting with the atacms? You really think they are going to turn the tide? Not much left otherwise if it wont and they didnt make that many of them to start...

[@Anvilman]

@@operator9858 Desperate vatnik is desperate. Meanwhile, Russian soldiers continue to lose and get humiliated.

[@4layers404]

Definitely no to nukes

[@amirhidic165]

American tax money went to ukrain billions of dollars but for Hawai just $700 thank you america

[@Anvilman]

Lying vatnik is lying.

[@truthbud]

The overwhelming amоunt of approving and cheering соmments by ordinary Russians in response to videos about the atrocities committed against civilians and prisoners of war in Ukraine were equally as shocking to Ukrainians as the war itself. We somehow became accustomed to the war, but the realization of who we have been living alongside all this time without even knowing it is still horrifying. Those barbaric creatures referred to themselves as our brоthеrly people. Negotiating with Russia is lіkе negotiating with ЕbоІа vіrus. Leaving Russia undefeated is like undertreating a deadly infection. It will only come back stronger. That's why any peace agreement lacking a clear victory for Ukraine is nothing but a temporary сеаsеfire.

[@2010hyundaielantra]

you have to be a bot i've heard that multiple times.

[@jeremygibbs7342]

If they are a bot. They are a bot for good

[@2010hyundaielantra]

@@jeremygibbs7342 yeah, but this is dehumanization. they are comparing Russians to something with negative connotation. also, peace talks will work, and we just haven't tried them because "Negotiating with Russia is lіkе negotiating with ЕbоІа vіrus. Leaving Russia undefeated is like undertreating a deadly infection. It will only come back stronger. That's why any peace agreement lacking a clear victory for Ukraine is nothing but a temporary сеаsеfire." because these bots want to exterminate and genocide Russians. of course, they could also be a st Petersburg factory troll trying to discredit Ukraine.

[@cosmicpsyops4529]

They are capable of making Putin tell us he isn't afraid of them.

[@folgendeinemtraumen995]

...the logic tells me that Russia not overreacting facing the weaponry in series called "games changer"like this one means the arsenal from Russia is way to far from being running out off...good news for the whole world 😂

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

😂 Check the news. Russians already saying : "This was a bad day", after Ukraine erased Berdyansk base with ATACMS together with all the choppers. 😅😂😊😮

[@esteemedyams]

2 airfields completely wiped out with 4 rockets in 1 day and old Put-Put staging an emergency "press conference" to tell everybody that everything's okay Yeah, it sure seems like the russkies got things under control, you should definitely keep licking their boots

[@mylifeuntilnow]

So awful that everything took so long, keep going.

[@SkepticalChris]

You can almost hear Putin peeing his pants!

[@chidera66]

ATACAMS make Russian Federation tremble in fear

[@operator9858]

Does it now? 😂😅😂

[@Anvilman]

@@operator9858 Only if they have any brains. Which if they did, they likely wouldn't be in Ukraine.

[@Rottweilerdsq]

Slava Ukraine 🪖🔱

[@mooseschimming3809]

Slava Ukraine from Texas ^-^

[@daviddunning8357]

At what point does Russia punish the US for their missiles hitting Russian targets.

[@Anvilman]

How do expect them to do that exactly? A direct conflict would either result in Russia getting steamrolled in conventional warfare, or both sides getting destroyed via nuclear exchange. Not even Putin is dumb enough to want that.

[@delos2279]

At what point does the US punish Russa for almost every country it fought using Russian weapons, tanks and aircraft? And before that Soviets. I guess never.

[@gfys756]

​@@delos2279And why was America fighting those wars thousands of miles away, in the first place? 🤔

[@Vikingpoints]

They can’t do anything to the US. If the US ever truly got involved it would be a slaughter. Russia can’t even handle old tech in Ukraine. Imagine if they had to fight against a navy and a real Air Force. 2 months and there wouldn’t be a single Russian left in Ukraine. Period

[@daviddunning8357]

@@delos2279 major powers usually supply their out dated inventory to have an excuse to spend more. I’m just thinking escalation can’t be far off.

[@AstraI1]

thanks for everything you guys are doing

[@khusirana7465]

God bless Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@2010hyundaielantra]

what can they do? not help the homeless crisis here

[@Joaquin546]

You realize vast majority of homeless people choose to be homeless?

[@2010hyundaielantra]

@@Joaquin546 nope. it's because of housing prices spiraling out of control. wonder why??????

[@Joaquin546]

@@2010hyundaielantra yeah I'm sure that works for other people but I worked with the homeless and the vast majority don't want to work or get clean(from drugs).

[@2010hyundaielantra]

@@Joaquin546 but can atacms stop said drugs from entering the us?

[@Joaquin546]

@@2010hyundaielantra eh it's spotty they are already outdated and being replaced nice try comrade

[@wtl912]

Stop Putin. Stay strong Ukraine 🙏💛💙

[@JoseSy01]

sounds like a military industrial complex convention here.

[@steffanmlgaard]

The only thing Rusia can do is sabotage pipelines😆

[@caboose69]

ATACMS was designed in the late 80's, imagine what the US have now that replaced ATACMS.

[@ontargetagain7113]

God Bless Ukraine, Israel & America. Shalom

[@jacobemery8689]

Finally news on Ukraine

[@ahmedmustafa8166]

With all the sorry that i feel for Ukraine, i have to say: stay strong Russia! The world needs you against the global injustice that is happening right now! Stay strong! If Russia was gone the US will go out of control in the next hundreds of years and many innocent will suffer.

[@Anvilman]

Desperate vatnik is desperate XD

[@jymarvs1289]

ahmed😂

[@jeremygibbs7342]

Russia clearly does not offer a counter balance to US. Not even one that promises protection to even a few civilians. Instead it is quite the opposite.

[@esteemedyams]

This is the stupidest thing I've read all week, congrats.

[@dr1311]

What good will a 300km range missile be against the vast area of Russia? Is Ucraine becoming a dumping ground for less optimal weapons?

[@billsigmund8113]

Anytime our weapons meet Russky weapons, the Russky weapons turn into scrap iron. They are built cheap with the idea of overwhelming the enemy with numbers. They don't care how many men they lose. Most of those "vast areas" are backwards, and most have no electricity. Russkys were filmed stealing toilets, which they apparently don't have in the vast areas. Ukraine isn't invading Russia, just throwing them out of their territory. Almost all of the countries who lived under Russia during the soviet days want nothing to do with them today. Putin read Mein Kampf and uses the same tactics. Move Russky speaking people into somebodys country, then claim you have to send the army in to protect them from the evil foreign country citizens who are picking on them. Ask Georgia, or chechnyia, or Belorussia, or Moldova.

[@mebsrea]

It does quite a lot of good. Sure, heavy bombers and Russian factories will remain out of range (also due to the political restrictions placed on the use if Western weapons given to Ukraine), but it places Russian tactical aviation assets and supply lines at great risk throughout almost the entirety of Russian-occupied Ukraine. As we’ve seen, it also makes the naval base at Sevastopol unusable by the Russian navy.

[@dr1311]

@@mebsrea it’s just a border deterrent.

[@mebsrea]

@@dr1311If you have to base aircraft that much farther from their targets, it’s equivalent to significantly reducing them in number. They can carry less ordnance for an attack mission, all else being equal, they incur more wear and tear on airframes and engines, which will attrit the fleet and force aircraft to be taken out of service for overhaul more often, the number of sorties per day an aircraft can undertake drops, and the window to hit time-sensitive targets narrows, or in many cases closes entirely. It’s a huge hit to Russian tactical aviation capabilities.

[@jeep146]

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave

[@jonny5714]

Why can't the attack their own bridge?

[@thomasgeorgecastleberry6918]

Worried about escalation? Russia currently is getting weaker & weaker pretty soon they won't be able to retaliate except with there nuclear bombs, the only card they have left.

[@Pram4]

Asia and Africa will join to destroy usa

[@tommygun5038]

Retaliate for what? Losing on another countries soil?

[@ricardosmythe2548]

Russia won't use nukes unless its to defend its own territory. Using them against Ukraine would bring an immidiate and devastating volley of conventional strikes against Russias forces from Nato members.

[@bbaff8622]

Why are you just posting this 2 hours ago. Ukraine used them to blow up a couple airfields yesterday and took out some of those pesky KA-52s. Love it when the enemy thinks they are out of range.

[@AlternativeBrew]

Another wonder weapon, where are the Modern main battle tanks, what difference did they make to the failed counter offensive. It was the rage and now a new toy is introduced to avert attention is the failed Summer, Spring counter offensive.

[@hape3862]

Russia is begging North Korea for munitions, losing hundreds of men and dozens of military equipment every day, its helicopters and fighter jets are being destroyed on the ground (Russian ground, mind you!), and its ships and even submarines are being destroyed in Russian dry docks, not to mention its generals are dying like flies - so who is failing here?

[@mfundomkhonta7500]

Ask Russia hw many Russians are dead bcz of this weopons ,u will the get yo answers

[@jonpetter8921]

Wasn t this the 3 days special operation :D ? before fleeing Kiev, Kherson and Kharkiv :D

[@sebastiaanl9876]

Failed mission of Russia almost 2 years later still nothing

[@Jakedelus]

you tell me where is armata tank? oh now i remember. it stalled on parade and cant move. legend says it is still there :D with atacms this is just beginning lot more to come and kremlin bot can watch

[@Cryosxify]

give em tomahawk + typhon and jassm