Army Tactical Missile System:
Russia’s Defence Ministry said that Ukraine fired six US-made Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at Russia’s Bryansk region.
- Army Tactical Missile System is a conventional surface-to-surface artillery weapon system capable of striking targets well beyond the range of existing Army cannons, rockets, and other missiles.
- It is manufactured by the US defense company Lockheed Martin.
- It is also designated M39 by the US Army, and its Department of Defence (DoD) designation is MGM-140.
- The missile first saw use during the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
- This weapon’s known operators other than the US are Bahrain, Greece, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates.
- ATACMS are 24/7, all-weather, surface-to-surface, inertially guided ballistic missiles.
- It has a range of about 190 miles (305 km).
- Propulsion:Single-stage, solid propellant.
- These missiles are fired from the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System(HIMARS) and the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) platforms.
- It has the ability to carry cluster munitions,which destroy a targeted area by releasing hundreds of bomblets instead of a single warhead.
