23 minutes agoWhat are the JASSM missiles and will they influence the Ukrainian war?
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(2 years ago)Washington reportedly has shown “open” to supply Ukraine with longer-range floating missiles that have the capacity to significantly influence the fight with Russia. But experts say the high cost of the missiles will limit their use. This is an AGM-earth missile, commonly called [...]
But experts say the high cost of the missiles will limit their use.
A 15 August report claims the White House was shown “opened” for sending shipments of hidden floating missiles to Ukraine. Experts to whom he spoke Radio Free Europe They say if the missiles are secured, they can have a significant but limited impact on war.
Justin Bronk, a senior researcher at the Royal United Services Institute, told Radio Free Europe that if the missiles were enabled by Washington, those “would probably expand Ukraine's current capabilities to hit fixed targets such as air bases, command centres and logistical centres in all the crime and other occupied territories”.
Bronk notes, however, that the missiles are highly expensive “and there are few such ones to be used for destruction on that scale that would constitute decisive change in the field of battle”.
JASSM missiles cost about $70,000 each.
J A The SSM was involved in the U.S. Air Force service in 2009 and was first used in combat in 2018 in Syria. The high-profile missile mission was in 2019 when some JASSM devastated the complex of the late Islamic State leader Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi.
![The impact of a JASSM missile in an improvised bunker during the 2009 test. Base version of the missile JASSM has a radius of 370 miles [370 km] and holds a 450 - pound [450 kg] rocket head inside its body. These specifics place JASSM in the same class with Anglo-French missile Storm Shadow, which has already been used by Ukraine, especially in the 2023 attack on the Russian Black Sea fleet headquarters in Crime.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-e508-08dcbdfcc88e_w1023_s.jpg)
Base version of the missile JASSM has a radius of 370 miles [370 km] and holds a 450 - pound [450 kg] rocket head inside its body. These specifics place JASSM in the same class with Anglo-French missile Storm Shadow, which has already been used by Ukraine, especially in the 2023 attack on the Russian Black Sea fleet headquarters in Crime.
Brock says the influence of weapons will also depend on the fact that Washington allows them to be used in targets within Russia.
“la is worth remembering that long-range missile strike weapons do not win wars; they impose cost and force an inefficient distribution of logistics, command centres and other assets of key importance over an opponent”.
J A The SDSM can be released by F-16 aircraft, which are already part of Ukraine's air force. Missiles are known for their ability to launch out of the potential that most other air defense systems have.
![An American soldier makes final arrangements for a JASSM missile while being loaded in a bomb booth. Phillips P. O'brien, who runs a popular blog in Substack, focused on the war in Ukraine, told Radio Free Europe that he believes it is now being discussed because the “missiles are being discussed. J A SSM has some technology that [ The U.S.] would not like to enter the wrong hands”, he said, and added: “apparently this can only be overcome by giving Ukrainians early versions”.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-6aa0-08dcbdfcc88a_w1023_s.jpg)
Phillips P. O'brien, who runs a popular blog in Substack, focused on the war in Ukraine, told Radio Free Europe that he believes it is now being discussed because the “rockets are being discussed. J A SSM has some technology that [ The U.S.] would not like to enter the wrong hands”, he said, and added: “apparently this can only be overcome by giving Ukrainians early versions”. / REL
