UK opens tender for rockets akin to those denied by US, which could enable strikes deep into Crimea
Britain and a group of European allies are hoping to supply long-distance cruise missiles to
A British official, speaking anonymously, said the tender requirements were “rather consistent” with the Storm Shadow, although they emphasised no final decision had yet been taken to supply the cruise missiles to Ukraine. High-precision US Himars rocket launchers used heavily by Ukraine use missiles with a much shorter range of 47 miles. There is also a longer-range, 186-mile ATACMS variant, but it is this that the Biden administration has repeatedly declined to supply, worried that such a move could be considered escalatory.
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