Why Giving Ukraine Longer-Range Missiles Will Make No Difference

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for January 7, 2024…

– Russia continues conducting large-scale missile and drone strikes across Ukraine;

– Ukrainian forces are depleted after a defeated summer-fall offensive with the West unable to adequately replace their losses;

– The West is also unable to bolster Ukrainian air defense capabilities which are buckling under intense Russian strikes;

– In response, Ukraine seeks to focus on optics-centric strikes on Belgorod as well as conduct other symbolic retaliation strikes deep inside Russia;

– Western representatives have begun more vocally calling for the transfer of longer-range missiles and drones to Ukraine;

– Despite the ability of these weapons to strike deep within Russia, they do not and will not in the foreseeable future exist in large enough numbers to match let alone exceed Russian missile production;

References:

Alexander Mercouris – Zaluzhny Meltdown, Kiev Losing; US: Rus NK Missiles; US Enable Ukr Rus Strikes; US Plans MidEast War (January 6, 2024):
   • Zaluzhny Meltdown, Kiev Losing; US: R…  

Guardian – Fears Russia using North Korea-supplied ballistic missiles to attack Ukraine (January 5, 2023):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202…

Reuters – Russia has fired 7,400 missiles, 3,700 Shahed drones in war so far, Kyiv says (December 21, 2023):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/…

NY Times – Russia Overcomes Sanctions to Expand Missile Production, Officials Say (September 13, 2023):
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us…

Kyiv Post – Poland Urges Long-Range Missiles for Ukraine Following Deadly Strikes (January 3, 2023):
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/26269

National Interest – America’s Tomahawk Cruise Missiles Is Shrinking—And Fast (July 2021):
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reb…

Raytheon – Tomahawk Cruise MIssile:
https://www.rtx.com/raytheon/what-we-…

Naval News – US Navy Looks To Drastically Increase Missile Production (April 2023):
https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/…

NAVAIR – US Navy Awards Tomahawk Block IV Missile Multi-Year Contract (2004):
https://www.navair.navy.mil/node/13136