Russia admitted for the first time that Ukraine attacked it with six ATACMS missiles. Of which five were shot down by the Russian air defense system. But one fell in some industrial area. But what is this ATACMS? Which is why Russia has become so angry that it has threatened to start a nuclear war and even start World War III.
The full name of ATACMS is MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System. It is a supersonic tactical ballistic missile. What the United States does. This 13-foot-long missile flies with solid propellant. The range of this 24-inch diameter missile is 300 km. This missile can be fired from two types of launch platforms.
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It can also be fired from the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) or the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). This missile is being used by the United States, Australia, South Korea, Morocco, Romania, Greece, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates.
There are 11 types of variants.
It has been used in the Gulf War and the Iraq War before the Russia-Ukraine war. Ukraine has several MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) batteries. The normal ATACMS launcher consists of six missiles. 11 types of its variants have been manufactured. Which are used for land and sea warfare.
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This missile weighing 1,670 kg can reach a maximum height of 50 km. It moves towards the target at a speed of 3704 km/h. A fragmentation and heat penetration warhead is installed on it.
