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Ukraine purchased from Turkey 70 M39 ATACMS ballistic missiles, 12 M270 MLRS multiple rocket launch systems that use GMLRS and ATACMS rockets, and tens of thousands of cluster munitions.
According to Military, this is stated in U.S. State Department notifications published in the official minutes of the U.S. Congress for 6 August 2026.
According to the report, the transfer will be carried out through Turkish, Bulgarian, and American defense and logistics special exporters.
Overall, Congress was notified of the transfer to Ukraine of:
12 M270 MLRS launchers;
70 M39 ATACMS ballistic missiles;
2524 unguided 227-mm M26 rocket projectiles with DPICM cluster warheads;
47 000 M509A1 cluster artillery shells of caliber 203 mm for the 2S7 "Pion" and M110 self-propelled guns.
The transfer is planned to begin immediately after the statutory congressional review period of 15 days. The State Department transmitted the relevant documents to lawmakers on 3 August 2026.
The State Department informed Congress that it is prepared to authorize the transfer because it aligns with U.S. security assistance objectives.
The documents state that Turkey seeks to reduce stocks of obsolete weapon types in order to concentrate financial resources on modernizing and sustaining existing systems. Ukraine, for its part, wants to procure this weaponry to strengthen its offensive and defensive fire-support capabilities while countering the Russian invasion.
The M39 is the first production modification of the ATACMS ballistic missile with a maximum range of about 165 km. It is equipped with an autonomous inertial guidance system with laser gyros, but it does not yet have a GPS satellite-correction system. The missile's relatively low accuracy is offset by its powerful cluster warhead weighing 560 kilograms. It carries 950 M74 type fragmentation submunitions designed to engage personnel, unarmored vehicles, air-defense means, and other area targets. The M74 has a diameter of 75 mm and a mass of about 500 grams. Upon detonation the munition can produce about 260 fragments, which create an effective area of up to 15 square meters.
The M270 MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) is a multifunctional tracked platform that can be used both as a rocket artillery system with a range of 50–70 km and as an operational-tactical missile system with a range of 270–300 km. Informally this system is nicknamed the "finger of God" because of its firepower.
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