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It’s not the drone strikes that are hurting Moscow, it’s the traffic jams (economist.com)
17 points by runeks on Sept 25, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments




Hopefully ATACMS will do more damage than the traffic jams.


M57 and M57E1 ATACMS only has a range of about 300 km, while Moscow is 50% further at 430-460 km. Ukraine would need serious SRBMs to hit enough Russian strategic targets. Domestic Hrіm-2 is possibly operational and in manufacture in limited quantities. If I were part of the Ukrainian military brass, I would volunteer fielding experimental systems in development like PrSM.

George Shultz and Gorbachev are correct: one dangerous turn in world policy has been the rollback of the INF treaty and tit-for-tat brinksmanship.


> M57 and M57E1 ATACMS only has a range of about 300 km, while Moscow is 50% further at 430-460 km. Ukraine would need serious SRBMs to hit enough Russian strategic targets.

ATACMS has the range to hit Sevastopol and other parts of Crimea from Ukrainian controlled territory which is where I presume they will be put to use.


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