For months, the U.S. resisted sending the long-range missiles out of concern that Kyiv could use them to hit deep into Russian territory, further escalating the conflict. That was a key reason the administration instead sent the midrange version, with a...
Postponed US long-range missile test due Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 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 issues ahead of any shipment, U.S. officials said....
However, Mr Biden is said to have secretly given the green light to send the long-range system - which can fire missiles distances of up to 300km (186 miles) - in February. "I can confirm that the United States provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMS at the president's direct direction...
Speaking from the donors' conference in the Danish capital Copenhagen, the British defence secretary Ben Wallace said: "This latest tranche of military support will enable the Armed Forces of Ukraine to continue to defend against Russian aggression and the indiscriminate use of long-...
Seoul and Washington are also conducting joint military drills, an annual exercise which is seen by the North as a practice for war. Pyongyang is on a quest to develop a long-range missile capable of hitting the US mainland with a nuclear warhead and has so far staged five nuclear tests,...
President Vladimir Putin has warned that allowing Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western-made long-range missiles would put NATO “at war” with Russia. TheRussian presidentsaid it would “significantly change” the nature of theUkraineconflict and amount to “nothing les...
Patriot is a long-range, all-altitude, all-weather air defence system to counter tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircraft.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States flew a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan on Sunday in response to North Korea’s recent test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the U.S....
PrSM has been a top program for the Armyand a key technology within the service’s long-range precision fires portfolio, which was created as part of the service’s new wave of modernization priorities identified in 2017. The missile — which can launch from both theM142 High Mobility Artill...