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The proposed Fiscal Year 2024 U.S. defense budget includes $80 million for a U.S. Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), such as this one being used by the South Korean Army in 2017, to be delivered to Ukraine.
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Russian air defenses have thwarted a long-range missile attack on Crimea that included the use of U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), according to officials in Moscow.
“Ten Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, six ATACMS tactical missiles ... and two [French-made] guided ‘Hammer’ aircraft bombs were downed by air defenses,” Russia’s defense ministry said in an April 30 statement.