You can estimate the full power of the ATACMS cassette – military expert on explosions in Crimea

You can appreciate the full power of the ATACMS cassette, – military expert on the explosions in Crimea Angela Figin

Defense forces on the evening of June 23 carried out a massive attack on the annexed Crimean peninsula. The Russians began to complain that Crimea was allegedly “attacked” by 5 ATACMS cluster missiles.

The occupiers shot down one of the missiles right over the beach in Sevastopol, when people were resting there, but they didn’t even sound the air raid signal. Civilians suffered as a result of Russian negligence. On air 24 Channel Defense Express editor-in-chief Oleg Katkov described the events that happened the day before on the Black Sea coast.

The Russians unsuccessfully shot down a missile

The Russians announced that one of the missiles was shot down, so, apparently, it did not open over a military facility, but a little earlier. As a result, most of the cluster munitions fell into the water.

The full power of the ATACMS cluster can be appreciated. If the missile had opened a little later, then some of the cluster munitions would have seeded the beach,” Katkov noted.

He noted that Ukraine had repeatedly warned residents of the still occupied Crimea and guests of the peninsula about , that staying on its territory is illegal and dangerous.

A video of the downing of an ATACMS missile with a cluster warhead near Sevastopol has already appeared on the Internet. Russian invaders protect their “important objects” so much that they sometimes forget that they are shooting down air targets right above people who have come to rest. At the same time, the Russians blamed the United States for everything, which is transferring weapons to Ukraine.

ATACMS demonstrate effectiveness

The peculiarity and main advantage of ATACMS missiles with cluster warheads is that they can cover large areas and destroy both the occupiers’ manpower and their equipment.

< p>In addition, Ukraine has no restrictions from the United States on the use of long-range weapons in temporarily occupied territories. However, the number of ATACMS that were transferred to Ukraine is not publicly known.

The United States and the Joe Biden administration have not disclosed details. They do this in relation to any critical weapons,” said the editor-in-chief of Defense Express.

According to him, in the lists published by the Pentagon regarding what is transferred to Ukraine, even there is no word ATACMS. These missiles come as ammunition for HIMARS and are not detailed in quantity.