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Why long-range missiles could be either a silver bullet or a powder keg for Ukraine-Russia war Cybele Mayes-Osterman and Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY Updated September 26, 2024 at 11:36 AM
In September 2024, U.S. president Joe Biden met with British prime minister Keir Starmer to discuss allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons in Russia. [8] On 16 November 2024, Biden allowed Ukraine to use long-range missiles. [9] Permission for the US ATACMS strikes are limited to Russian and North Korean forces in Kursk Oblast. [10]
WASHINGTON — President Biden has authorized Ukraine to use powerful long-range ballistic missiles to strike deeper inside Russia — but experts fear it may be too little, too late.
The U.S. is close to an agreement to give Ukraine long-range cruise missiles that could reach deep into Russia, but Kyiv would need to wait several months as the U.S. works through technical ...
The cruise missile was first unveiled at the Farnborough Air Show on 22 July 2024. [ 2 ] An advanced missile equipped with an electro-optical homing warhead that provides high survivability, the Wind Demon is designed to meet the market demand for an effective and relatively inexpensive weapon that can be used for prolonged combat.
The surface-launched missile features a central body with forward-positioned wings and a tail section equipped with four control surfaces giving it a visual appearance of a cruise missile. [1] According to the advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak, the missile has a range of 600–700 km. [7]
Long sought by Ukrainian leaders, the new missiles give Ukraine nearly double the striking distance — up to 300 kilometers (190 miles) — that it had with the mid-range version of the weapon ...
The AIM-260 program began in 2017 in response to long-range missiles developed by potential adversaries, specifically the Chinese PL-15. [12] Full scale aerial target testing for the JATM was confirmed to have started as early as April 2020, [ 13 ] and testing in general for the missile is currently ongoing.