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Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

  • Recently the Ukrainian Military has used US made ATACMS missiles to strike into Russia for the first time.
  • It is a surface-to-surface ballistic missile manufactured by Lockheed Martin.

Features

  • It is equipped with Ground Positioning System (GPS) & Inertial Guidance
  • Technology for precise targeting.
  • It can strike targets up to 305 km (190 miles) away.
  • Launched from the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS).
  • It is capable of deploying cluster munitions, which scatter multiple bomblets over a target area instead of delivering a single warhead.

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