- atro_city ( @atro_city@fedia.io ) 13•1 month ago
The EU better follow suit. Give Ukraine the weapons to rebuke the invaders.
- tal ( @tal@lemmy.today ) English12•1 month ago
Biden ‘open’ to sending long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine
The Pentagon is already working through fixes to allow Ukraine to launch the weapons from its fighter planes.
The White House’s willingness to give Ukraine the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile
That thing is stealthy, fairly new, can penetrate air defenses, but is only available in limited numbers; it’d be used against high-value targets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-158_JASSM
The AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) is a low detection standoff air-launched cruise missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the United States Armed Forces.[7] It is a large, stealthy long-range weapon with a 1,000-pound (450 kg) armor piercing warhead.
Depending upon whether it’s the -ER variant (extended range) or not:
Operational Range: 230 mi (370.4 km)
Operational Range: > 575 mi (926 km)
EDIT: For perspective:
370 km:
https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/eacb3c80-bb9f-4a2f-a178-400885ae0105.png
926 km:
https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/53c1a3b3-c4a7-408c-8d35-ecf549cb914d.png
- Chuck Darwin ( @cdarwin@c.im ) 2•1 month ago
Biden ‘open’ to sending long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/15/biden-missiles-ukraine-russia-00174147
- tal ( @tal@lemmy.today ) English6•1 month ago
I’m not sure I understand. Did you maybe paste the wrong URL? That’s a link to the same article that OP linked to.
- The Quuuuuill ( @Quill7513@slrpnk.net ) English4•1 month ago
I think it’s a quirk of mastodon’s interpretation of activitypub protocols and lemmy’s interpretation of activitypub protocols
- tal ( @tal@lemmy.today ) English2•1 month ago
Oohhhh…good point. He’s on a Mastodon instance. So I guess that that’s basically the functional equivalent of a Twitter retweet on Mastodon.
Thanks.
- Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼 ( @Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English7•1 month ago
Then finally do it! The faster the better.
- Crikeste ( @Crikeste@lemm.ee ) 4•1 month ago
I thought Ukraine’s taking of Russian ground was going to lead to negotiations…. This is escalation lol
- Hirom ( @Hirom@beehaw.org ) 11•1 month ago
Russia might even retaliate and… gasp invade Ukraine
- TwinkleToes ( @TwinkleToes@lemmy.ca ) English4•1 month ago
Makes you wonder what a lame duck Biden is apt to do that is different from if he had stayed in the race and had to run on the results. Maybe they’ll be less cautious, especially if you factor in that Russia has literally been invaded, and still done nothing.