What role can US long-range ATACMS play in Ukraine's military campaign? | DW News 

5:32 LOL Someone at DW needs to upgrade their Zoom licence Regards, an amused IT engineer 🤣

So Scholz can follow with Taurus.

The US weapons were already in Europe all the time. Just waiting for the go ahead.

Lol that's such a flex. The weapons are already there 😂😂

Germany, where is Taurus?

If Schultz could ship those Taurus missiles already, whats the hold up.... he will be remembered through history as a coward who couldnt stand up to the bullies.

'Smiler' Schultz should stop smiling and start 'shipping' -- Taurus.

"Crimean bridge is falling down, falling down. Crimean bridge is falling down, oh dear Putin".

Vote for HIMARS for president! This thing gets the job done!

That popup from Zoom was hardly noticeable.

Not forgeting Himars M777

The Rusbots are super active these past days. Whats the matter ❤❤❤😂

Excellent. Never surrender to Russia!

My radar is detecting rusbots....

America is stepping up its robust and large military industry. America a manufacturing powerhouse.🇺🇸👍

The bridge is likely to suffer from a huge surface/subsurface marine vector during a combined assets assault.

LOL…that bridge is as good as gone now. And yes commentary…it’s a crucial supply line.

I see these things in action I was in artillery in the US Army. The range is awesome. But the actual effect is awesome as well. We used to say these things reset grid squares literally. Just so much explosive power.

As a former 13P it’s awesome seeing the HIMARS/MLRS weapon systems getting so much attention. By far the coolest thing I’ve ever used. Side note ATACMS are not missiles they are artillery

Will the Germans deploy the Taurus now as well to help take out that bridge?

DW not subscribed to Zoom pro and using the free version was a surprise.

Storm Shadow is also powerful.

It's about time. Even if they were "already there", they should have been available a year ago.

"Long range" and Army "Tactical" Missile, are two completely different things, is like calling tank to a car.

Should have been sent 2 years ago and in larger numbers.

Braise yourself, Rusbots trolls are incoming

Please, look at the map. That bridge WAS important before Russia took Mariupol and Melitopol 😅 Besides, Ukraine used that weapon before. Those missiles aren't accurate enough to hit the bridge. 😅

What targets? You saw how easily that Russian air force base was wiped out in Crimea.

Stop talking about what is included in these military packages!!!!

Does anyone know if the unitary warhead on the longer range version is powerful enough to do significant damage to the bridge? My understanding is that with longer range, more fuel is needed and the warhead gets smaller. From memory it took quiet a few GMLRS rockets before the Antonivka Bridge was made inoperable.

Just ask yourselves, what has the world done to stop this war?

the guest is quite wrong about the usage of the bridge for military logistics. A railway line has since a couple of month ago been created from russia proper to crimea. There is also ferry connection and obviously transport planes. The bridges that are truly vital is the 7 bridges across dnipr river. If russia decides to blow them up then there is no way to move war material from western part to east of the river.

Leopard Challenger Abrams storm shadows Cluster munitions Ceasars Bradley's Marder Then now atcams will have the same effect as the above-mentioned weapons

They can always run a CONTAINER SHIP into the bridge, apparently that works...

me: "FFS, why is my Zoom switched to Deutsch??" also me: "Oh..."

"Game changer" list...Javelin, Leopards Tanks then Himars, Figher Jets... on and on and on...ZERO CHANGES on the battle Ground!! Ukraine is still loosing the war.

This is a game changer

Lol the popup

Beautiful!

Imagine if war fought between all politicians? There would be no war at all!

Not so secret, is it, now?

Russia didn't win in Afghanistan which was a smaller and less sophisticated and well armed adversary. It takes overwhelming strength to occupy and subdue a country and Russia simply does not have an overwhelming advantage.

The range includes all adversarial logistic areas and command posts etc within the region which was once Ukraine. Probably this would be packaged with a " strategic umbrella" too.

One should also notice the following. "ATACMS is a long-range, guided missile that gives commanders the immediate firepower to shape the battlespace. Each ATACMS missile is packaged in a look-alike MLRS launch pod and fired from the MLRS family of launchers". All existing MLRS launchers can deploy this weapon. This is huge.

Yeah, I remember last year. The Himars, Leopards, and Bradley were all game-changers, and the great offensive was going to be a huge success, according to the Comedian in cargo pants. In 5 months, the comedian will be begging for more billions.

Viewers should look up Assault Breaker System to learn what ATACMS was designed to do. I was working with Ft. Sill (US Army Field Artillery School) during the Cold War when it was still in the conceptual phase. The intended target set was the Soviet commanders plan. The ATACMS system, not just the missile, is a theater level capability intended to have strategic impact by disrupting the timing and execution of Soviet (now Russian) maneuver plans. It wasn't primarily intended for precision strikes on fixed point targets (which were to be assigned to USAF after achieving air supercity). Of course some of the payloads can be pressed into service for that target set. A better use would be attacking large formation of Russian vehicles or logistics hubs at critical times in an operation. The Pentagon has targeting cells that utilize near real time modeling to decide what, where, and most significantly, when to employ the system. I suspect the Ukrainians can tap into that resource if needed. The concept of synchronizing an ATACMS strike with a cruise missile (e.g. Storm Shadow) strike has merit, more so if air assets can be synchronized to maximize impact to Russian maneuver plans.

The US should have given Ukraine the longest range Atacms. They have a range of 320km.

Smart. playing. Well. done

If there is no bridge, you cut off one of two train railway to supply the russian army in Crimea. The other railway is all the way along Ukraine shore. So it would not be a little military accomplishment.

They been hyping this weapon up for year and destroying that bridge is overrated now lol

I think they hit bridge at rainy weather or rainy and stormy

They should have had those over a year ago. This took way too long!

However, British intelligence received information that the Russians had added two more targets in Britain for their missiles.

Despite whats going on in this war the Russians keep making gains

Hey, we don't know anything about this missile thing, let's talk about the Kerch bridge.

They will play the role of quickening the demise of those that use it

I doubt they will use the US ATACMS or UK Storm Shadow - The war Heads are too small to bring it down unless there are multiple hits - Ukraine will want to use their own Technology to take full ownership of such a prestigious target - perhaps something like a sea drone or air drone with a 3-5 ton warhead

US missiles operated by US army in Ukraine

Bravo 👍🏼

Germany's contribution has been invaluable and we in the UK are glad that we are not alone in helping defend Ukraine - but Germany's fear of annoying the russians by sending top quality weapons is confusing. Why is it constantly Germany who is trying to stop, and refusing to ship the best weapons?

Looks like Orc meat is back on the menu boys!

DW you should report on ukrainian advances towards poland

Love Mike Martin and value his expertise highly!! 👍😊 It’s nice of him to inform us and get us above the basic amateur level. Very valuable to me! 👍😊

The Ukrainians didn't try to destroy the Kerch Bridge; they simply installed an off-ramp for Poutin". Ukrainians do not need to destroy the bridge in it's entirety, just enough until the Russian stop trying to repair it.

It’s disturbing that media outlets continue to push a narrative rather than a peace agreement !!

These are the exact same rockets AFU has had for a year, just longer range. Most will be shot down, some will hit. RU will fire twice as many Tornado-S (200 km range) back. Same as its always been.

While the ATACMs can punch holes in the two bridges road and rail, it is extremely unlikely that only a few ATACMs could actually collapse the Kerch Bridge. The two main reasons are the sheer size and strength of the key compression arches supporting the main span, and the level of precision required to hit the most critical point is greater than the ATACMs offer. The ATACMs are GPS/INS guided. What's needed to hit within a ~1 meter radius is a terminal guidance (commonly infra red or radar) system which the ATACMs do not have. So, the question than is if it's worth expending many ATACMs on the road bridge, plus many ATACs on the rail bridge, or pursue many more targets with that collection of missiles

"SECRETLY"

Game changer again it's so sad people really think this will suddenly change the outcome

How did those previous systems fare? I feel like the branding of American weapons always uses far too much fart.

They've had them for awhile, These ones just have more range.

Secretly you say?

another game changer!

I think we can stop calling the army Ukrainian army and just call it NATO army now don't need to lie anymore hhhhhuuuuuhhhaaa

what role can long range atacms play ? a longer range one .. this is painful

Ill just point it out, but big cargo vessels can take out a bridge... ramming speed?

I guess the Americans shouldn't complain once those Iranian missiles start being used

Wonder if Kiev mayor Vitaly Kiltschko sons of military age, will volunteer, stop partying in Germany and recently obtained German citizenship!

Useless analysis about supply if he doesn’t mention in 1 month Russians are finishing another rail way through the coast. Purely symbolic

Sad that this guy has turned into a subjective propogandist. Military supplies go by the new railway now not the bridge.

Another game changer 😂😂😂

Russia will respond accordingly.

Too little to late Ukraine frontline is broke.

It is on the good use, those weapons are made for this.

There are clearly four supply routes to Crimea which in importance order are probably... The Bridge, Rail, Sea and by Air... and if the bridge is knocked out they'll simply ramp up the remaining three while the bridge is being rebuilt. Personally, I think all the $61Bn will accomplish is extend the war resulting in more Russian and Ukrainian deaths and more towns and cities pulverised. It wouldn't been much better if Ukraine hadn't listened to NATO's cooing words and have remained neutral, surely as with Georgia making the same mistake years earlier... they knew Putin wasn't going to stand and watch as NATO built bases on the Russia-Ukraine border, less than three hundred miles from the centre of Moscow with only the flat lands between them?

what Ukraine needs is to start serious peacenegotiations

It makes no sense if they do that russia is gonna hit them harder and ukraine needs to negotiate

My plants do not hurt you, but 1% of the animals may be wild.

Ahh yes, the most awaited 1000th Game changer weapons in Ukraine 🙃

What does it done to russian. Ukraine out of soldiers. Put zelensky at the frontline

Mike Martin had his Mike Wazowski moment.

The downside of the ATACMs is that you can only fit one missile into the launcher at one time. Other missiles have a shorter range, though.

Basically slow down Logistics. That is about it..

Bridges can repair quickly anytime and besides russia already build train tracks from ukraine occupied land to connecting crimea to russian land

Are they cluster munition?

What I would think would be fun if they got the Vizzini character from Princess Bride on here to debate what move Ukraine will make next. Granted Wallace Shawn is getting pretty old at this point, but I think it could still be a lot of fun to watch while Ukraine plots its path to victory in the background.

😂😂what happened to stormshadow

Ukraine is heading to a total meltdown.

Thank you DW for supporting this waar. Without your unwavering support peace might be achieved. So keep the good work!

I see a massive drone strike with the storm shadow to use up the defenses followed by a atacms volley to destroy the bridge