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Outdated Junk Bound for Ukraine: Numerous ATACMS Sent to Zelensky Regime Expired in 2015
Outdated Junk Bound for Ukraine: Numerous ATACMS Sent to Zelensky Regime Expired in 2015
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Some of the aging ATACMS in the US inventory that were pledged to be delivered to Ukraine first expired as early as in 2015, needing over $1 billion in modification costs to extend their service life
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The Biden administration’s reported controversial decision to allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory with US-supplied ATACMS has led to heated media speculation about the missiles’ possible impact on the battlefield, with an effective range of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles). However, annual US Army budget reports paint a different picture. The aging ATACMS appeared to have become more of a financial burden as the US Army sought to upgrade to a newer missile system. According to the US Department of Defense's annual budget reports on US Army missile procurement, some of the ATACMS in the US inventory had expired as early as 2015. During fiscal year (FY) 2016, which began on October 1, 2015, the US Army had to spend $30.1 million to modify "10 expired [ATACMS] assets and reset their contractual service life," the budget report for FY 2016 revealed. Since the ATACMS has a 10-year service life, the 10 missiles modified in 2015 are expected to expire again in 2025. Between fiscal years 2016 and 2021, the US Army invested a total of $1.22 billion to modify 1,075 ATACMS units.In addition, the US Army purchased an additional 240 units of ATACMS during FY 2020 to bring the total number of units procured up to 1,575 as of March 2023, when the budget report for fiscal year 2024 was released. Meanwhile, the US Army has been trying to replace the ATACMS with the newer and more powerful Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) in recent years. According to the latest budget report for fiscal year 2025, the US military has been steadily increasing its inventory of Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) over the past three fiscal years. The number of new PrSM missiles acquired by the US military surged from 42 in FY 2023 to 110 in FY 2024, and is set to rise to 230 in FY 2025.While each ATACMS missile costs around $1 million, the newer PrSM’s price tag was over $2 million per missile. This could explain why Ukraine received $33.3 billion worth of weapons through the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), while the US had to spend $45.7 billion to buy new weapons to replenish its stockpile, according to figures from Ukraine Oversight, a website under the special inspector general for Operation Atlantic Resolve. Washington simply took the opportunity to get rid of expiring weapons, such as the ATACMS, in its inventory and upgraded its weapons systems with the funds labeled as "military aid to Ukraine."
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Outdated Junk Bound for Ukraine: Numerous ATACMS Sent to Zelensky Regime Expired in 2015
05:08 GMT 21.11.2024 (Updated: 08:43 GMT 21.11.2024) WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Some aging ATACMS in US inventory that were pledged for delivery to Ukraine first expired as early as in 2015, needing over $1 billion for modification to extend their service life, according to an analysis by a Sputnik correspondent of the Pentagon's annual budget reports on US Army missile procurement.
The Biden administration’s reported controversial decision to allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory with US-supplied ATACMS has led to heated media speculation about the missiles’ possible impact on the battlefield, with an effective range of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles).
However, annual US Army budget reports paint a different picture. The
aging ATACMS appeared to have become more of a financial burden as the US Army sought to upgrade to a newer missile system.
According to the US Department of Defense's annual budget reports on US Army missile procurement, some of the ATACMS in the US inventory had expired as early as 2015.
During fiscal year (FY) 2016, which began on October 1, 2015, the US Army had to spend $30.1 million to modify "10 expired [ATACMS] assets and reset their contractual service life," the budget report for FY 2016 revealed.
Since the ATACMS has a 10-year service life, the 10 missiles modified in 2015 are expected to expire again in 2025.
Between fiscal years 2016 and 2021, the US Army invested a total of $1.22 billion to modify 1,075 ATACMS units.
In addition, the US Army purchased an additional 240 units of ATACMS during FY 2020 to bring the total number of units procured up to 1,575 as of March 2023, when the budget report for fiscal year 2024 was released.
Meanwhile, the US Army has been trying to replace the ATACMS with the newer and more powerful Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) in recent years.
According to the latest budget report for fiscal year 2025, the US military has been steadily increasing its inventory of Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) over the past three fiscal years. The number of new PrSM missiles acquired by the US military surged from 42 in FY 2023 to 110 in FY 2024, and is set to rise to 230 in FY 2025.
While each ATACMS missile costs around $1 million, the newer PrSM’s price tag was over $2 million per missile.
This could explain why Ukraine received $33.3 billion worth of weapons through the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), while the US had to spend $45.7 billion to buy new weapons to replenish its stockpile, according to figures from Ukraine Oversight, a website under the special inspector general for Operation Atlantic Resolve.
Washington simply took the opportunity to get rid of expiring weapons, such as the ATACMS, in its inventory and upgraded its weapons systems with the funds labeled as "military aid to Ukraine."
