Last night, the AFU launched long-range ATACMS Block 1 M39 and/or M39A1 APAM missiles against Russian airbases in occupied #Simferopol and #Dzankoy, Crimea
Multiple Russian sources confirmed that ATACMS missiles were fire last nigh at targets Dzhankoy and Simferopol, Of not is that Simferopol is approximately 225-km from the closest Ukrainian-controlled territory which would be near the city of Kherson. However, the ATACMS Block 1 M39 missiles, which were previously confirmed to have been delivered to Ukraine, only have a published range of 165km while the ATACMS Block 1 M39A1 has a published range of 300-km.
Note 1: Although multiple sources referred to Ukraine receiving "long-range" ATACMS is the latest delivery, the term is generic enough to refer to either the M39 or the M39A1. Last night's attack seems to provide evidence that they did receive the longer-range M39A1 variant.
Note 2: The Russians have claimed to havew shot down ATACMS in the past when, in reality, their system had struck the spent booster section of the missile after it had deployed its payload.
Note 3: The entire Crimean peninsula from Kerch to Feodosia to Sevastopol is now withing ranges of ATACMS.
https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1785276310933176737
The Russians have claimed to have shot down ATACMS in the past when, in reality, their system had struck the spent booster section of the missile after it had deployed its payload.
So, the payload separates from the booster...very interesting.