BLUF

The U.S. Air Force's development of the Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) aims to boost Ukraine's strike abilities and enable quick, scalable production of weapons, reinforcing a defence-centric approach to meet evolving strategic needs.

Summary

  1. Range of up to 250 miles.
  2. Enables strikes beyond current Ukrainian arsenal capabilities.
  3. Must operate effectively in GPS-degraded environments.
  4. Ukraine's Soviet-era jets can be adapted to deploy ERAM.
  5. Huge amounts of stand-off munitions might be used in future high-end conflicts.
Air Force’s Cheap And Fast To Produce Long-Range Missile Is Being Built For Ukraine

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