US Army received the first combat samples of small -range ballistic missiles

It is reported that today the army has a basic PRSM modification, which is capable of impressing only static goals. On December 8, the US Army received the first samples of small-range ballistic missiles Precision Strike Missile (PRSM), which should replace the available army tactical missile system MGM-140 ATACMS. This was reported in The War Zone. "Today, the army has confirmed the receipt of the first PRSM party, but did not report how many missiles are in service," the observers said.

The US Army Assistant to the US Army Dag Bush said that the PRSM high -precision missile will provide US forces as a "round -the -clock, all -round potential that would resist the enemy's ability to perform combat maneuvers and air defense operations. " "The rapid development and supply of this weapon is a prime example of how the army actively uses the new procurement congress powers," Bush said.

According to the army's budget request for the 2024 financial year, the current value of each of these missiles is just less than $ 3. 5 million. The US Army has a basic PRSM missile modification. They have a high -precision system, but are only designed to defeat static goals. As a installation for new missiles, the well -known M270 RSSU is used. One starting installation of this type can at the same time carry up to four PRSM shells.

Experts say that today the army does not reveal the exact maximum range of PRSM shooting, declaring only that it is at least 400 km. However, the declassified Pentagon report under the Selected Acquisition Report (SAR), published early this year, is said that it is actually about 500 km and can grow to 650 km.

In the press release of the company, the launcher Lockheed Martin says that the missile for aiming at the target is able to maneuver at "hypersonic speeds"-experts have specified that in the last stages of flight, the speed of the rocket reaches 5 snacks (6125 km/h). We will remind that in 2022 the US Army ordered 54 long -range guided missiles of Precision Strike Missile. According to Shepard, the developers planned to establish mass production of these missiles by September 2025.