US Army’s New Missile Poised to be a Game-Changer in the Pacific

A Precision Strike Missile successfully targeted a moving vessel in the Pacific for the first time.

Tennessee National Guard’s 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force and the 1-181 Field Artillery Regiment deployed the Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (AML) along with two Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM), on June 16, 2024. Courtesy of Sgt. Perla Alfaro/U.S. Army

Commentary

The game-changing potential of U.S. missile technology recently came into the geo-political spotlight when it was revealed that the United States had supplied Ukraine with a much-coveted missile system: the Army’s Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).