ATACMS
Unofficial
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Function:
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Date
deployed: xxxx
Contractor:
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Unit cost:
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Length:
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Weight at
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Range:
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Description:
Long-range ground-launched missile system.
Features: The Army TACMS missile system
consists of a surface-to-surface guided missile with an
anti-personnel/anti-materiel warhead. TACMS missiles are
fired from a modified Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS)
launcher.
Background: TACMS is a corps commander's
primary deep attack weapon system, capable of performing day
or night, near-all-weather, precision attacks at long
ranges. The Army TACMS was fielded in 1990. The Army had 446
missiles on hand as of August 1992. The Army TACMS inventory
at the completion of FY 94 will be 1,586. The unit cost of
the ATACMS is $554,000.
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