US will not provide ATACMS to Ukraine yet: there are other options for long-range weapons – General Milley

This was announced by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, Defense One reports.

"Well, there's a policy decision to date not to, so far. And I would never predict anything on the table, off the table, for the future. But from a military standpoint, we have relatively few ATACMS, we do have to make sure that we maintain our own munitions inventories, as well," the general said when asked about providing Ukraine with long-range missiles.

He emphasized that ATACMS fires one shot, while other systems, such as GMLRS, fire six shots at once, so it is important to consider other options for such assistance to Ukraine.

"Now the range of the ATACMS is longer, but there's other systems they can get you that range," the general said.

Milley clarified that there are unmanned aerial vehicles with similar capabilities, and that "the Brits have a couple of systems."

"So, those are some things that we're looking at to give them a little bit more legs. But right now, we're not providing the ATACMs," the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff added.

• Reuters reports that on April 3, the United States will announce a new military aid package for Ukraine.