The impact of these deep strikes has been eye-opening for Europe and the US, opening "Pandora's box" for more of these capabilities, a nuclear weapons and arms control expert told Business Insider.
The conventional weapons include SM-6, Tomahawk, and developmental hypersonic weapons, "which have significantly longer range than current land-based fires in Europe."
"The war in Ukraine shows that long-range strikes are a key issue for the defense of Europe," Lecornu posted on X.
"These countries knew that long-range weapons were important even before Russia invaded Ukraine, but Russia's war in Ukraine has opened Pandora's Box to more and more military steps," explained Hans Director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists.
US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jonathan WordPoland, Germany, France, and Italy's new long-range missile plans follow work in the US to quickly develop new long-range strike systems.
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