from Sputnik News:
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Some of the aging ATACMS in the US inventory that were pledged to be delivered to Ukraine first expired as early as in 2015, needing over $1 billion in modification costs to extend their service life, according to a Sputnik correspondent’s analysis of the Pentagon’s annual budget reports on the US Army missile procurement.
The Biden administration’s reported controversial decision to allow Ukraine to strike into Russian territory with the US-supplied ATACMS led to heated media speculation about the missiles’ possible impact on the battlefield, with an effective range of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles).
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However, annual US Army budget reports painted a different picture. The aging ATACMS appeared to have become more of a financial burden as the US Army sought to upgrade to a newer missile system.
According to the US Department of Defense’s annual budget reports on US Army missile procurement, some of the ATACMS in the US inventory had expired as early as 2015.
During fiscal year 2016, which began on October 1, 2015, the US Army had to spend $30.1 million to modify “10 expired [ATACMS] assets and reset their contractual service life,” the budget report for fiscal year 2016 said.
