In mid-July, the press spokesperson for the United States Department of Defense announced, in statements to the American magazine Army AL&Twhich The Army is going to progressively replace the ATACMS missiles with the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) system.
In that sense, Darrell Ames, spokesman for Lockheed Martin’s missile and space program management, explained that “The PrSM is designed to neutralize, suppress and destroy critical area and point targets at a distance of more than 400 kilometers.”
It is worth remembering that less than two weeks ago the president of the United States, Joe Biden, decided . In fact, in recent days the country led by Volodymyr Zelensky has already launched offensives against Russia with this weapon.
However, Ukrainewith the aim of winning the war, always wants more. And the announcement of the replacement of ATACMS missiles with the PrSM system has created a new desire in kyiv. This is what the Ukrainian magazine points out Defense Expresswho has published that “Ukraine could be the perfect testing ground” for that new American missile system.
The two biggest current differences between ATACMS and PrSM are range and payload. “With the PrSM, the payload capacity per capsule is doubled and the range is significantly greater”said Darrell Ames. Besides, PrSM is cheaper than ATACMS.
If Ukraine were to get the United States to supply it with the PrSM system (something unlikely), a phase would open on the battlefield. Nevertheless, That decision, for Putin, would be a reason to further escalate the conflict against NATO.
