Bit of a misleading headline on two counts
First ATACMs isn’t long range; it’s only about 300 km. Tomahawk is what we use for long range, still have 50% of those. PrSM is brand new, didn’t have much magazine depth to begin with. Second is the so what. Why do the Iranians, CCP, Russians have so many missiles and we don’t? Because the USAF and USN will almost immediately establish air supremacy in a conflict. So they invested in missiles to do long range fires. US does long range primarily with GPS guided bombs on planes. Our magazine depth in that regard is very very deep. Losing the ATACMs hurts the Army in a ground conflict (ATACMs was built to do counter fire on enemy ground based artillery systems and the air defense shooters that protect them.). Exhausting ATACMs is a luxury we can afford, won’t be valuable against China over Taiwan, range is too great from where we could shoot them, ie not Taiwan.  Previous Message makes us all safer, healthier and wealthier.  Previous Message
|
|
Message Thread | This response ↓
Current Events - Week of MM dies, and MM (doesn't) withdraw - complainant August 3, 2026, 02:13:39
- Not sure where to put this, but JFC this Perez Hilton situation is crazy - Sounder 3 hours ago
- Guy that suspended his campaign beats Trump endorsd candidate to win the MI-08 primary* - ECEIllinois 4 hours ago
- MO Amendments 4 and 5 and Cori Bush all massive losers. - VIV 4 hours ago
- Looks like the MI Dem Senate primary will end up much closer than the polls - ECEIllinois 5 hours ago
- Looks like Cori Bush needs to regroup* - jfinsocal 6 hours ago
- US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight - MC Yesterday, 16:04:30
- GOP congress members REALLY do not want to disclose their health issues - ATL Yesterday, 15:23:23
- UFC lost 30M on White House show - Stu Yesterday, 11:46:08
- Florida senator appears to be at the crux of a massive Medicare fraud. Tim Walz says every - ATL Yesterday, 11:33:13
- We're going to essentially cede the Strait of Hormuz to Iran, btw. - VIV Yesterday, 10:53:50
- As expected, the GOP is rallying around the alleged abuser - ATL Yesterday, 09:57:58
- Primary day - will Cori Bush get her revenge on Wesley? - jfinsocal Yesterday, 08:06:24
- One would think a guy who appears on tv would be able to tie a better tie - Stu Yesterday, 06:57:48
- Is Mitch dead yet? - TarheelIllini August 3, 2026, 20:51:28
- Some wine cellar is getting wiped out tonight… - LeatherneckIllini August 3, 2026, 19:27:26
- Not a day goes by when a small plane doesn’t land on a highway. Why is this news? - Stu August 3, 2026, 17:47:06
- Trump says Big Oil is making too much money - ATL August 3, 2026, 13:27:08
- The Iran negotiations have officially hit absurd level - Sounder August 3, 2026, 11:16:40
- This checks out - Sounder August 3, 2026, 11:12:06
- RFK Jr. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Dumb - doubledown August 3, 2026, 10:17:11
- Apple got a $2.2B tariff refund this quarter. - VIV August 3, 2026, 09:46:23
- Trump says everything has never been better - Sounder August 3, 2026, 08:58:57
- I wish I knew how BoCool was doing. No one here keeps in touch with him, right?* - Stu August 3, 2026, 08:51:14
- I'm enjoying this new parody account on Twitter. - complainant August 3, 2026, 07:04:52
- Mexico is planning an $8500 low speed EV. - complainant August 3, 2026, 05:41:39
- She already took the wedding ring off her claw - Stu August 3, 2026, 04:28:29
- sheriff files amended complaint against Sunny Naqvi - Poldark August 3, 2026, 04:15:14
 « Index | View all » |