Pentagon Prodded to Send Ukraine Long-Range Tactical Missiles

The US House Armed Services Committee is pressing the Pentagon to send the Army Tactical Missile System to Ukraine as part of its annual defense authorization bill draft proposal released Monday.

The Biden administration so far has been reluctant to send the more capable missile system made by Lockheed Martin Corp. to Ukraine for fear that its reach could strike into Russia, escalating the war — but also because of concerns of drawing too much from the US’s own weapons stockpile. ATACMS — a long-range guided missile — has a reach of 190 miles, or 300 kilometers.

As part of ...