Recent reports have said that the US is deciding whether to transfer AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles, or JASSMs, to Ukraine.
These high-profile weapons would give Kyiv a significantly farther strike range than any other Western munitions it has in its arsenal.
As is, it still restricts the country from using its powerful US-provided tactical ballistic missiles to strike military targets inside Russia.
A US Air Force F-16 before releasing a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile.
With that range, JASSMs would also surpass the range of ground-launched US-provided MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile Systems, also known as ATACMS, which have the longest reach of any munition Washington has sent Kyiv so far.
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