US made ATACMS missile being launched directly into Russia. The report comes as shortages of key U.S.-made weapons systems, especially the Patriot interceptor missile, have come to impact Ukraine’s own war effort. The Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and new-generation Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) are the Army’s main high-precision surface-to-surface strike assets, with the latter reaching a stated range of up to 500 kilometers (310 miles). After long campaigning from Kyiv, the first ATACMS missiles were delivered by the Biden administration to Ukraine in autumn 2023, after the much-awaited southern counteroffensive had already decisively faltered. In 2026, ATACMS has been used by Ukrainian forces only a handful of times, with Kyiv’s own stocks of the weapon understood to be severely depleted.