The American operational-tactical missile system (OTRK) will hit 500 km and even further. Today, October 4, the portal militaryaerospace.com He announced that Lockheed Martin Corporation has received a new contract under the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program.
The contract for the engineering and manufacturing development stage (EMD, engineering and manufacturing development) is the final one before the transition to full-scale production. Lockheed Martin Corporation received $62 million, which will allow to produce more than a hundred missiles developed under the PrSM program already in fiscal year 2022.
PrSM promo video with the defeat of an element of the Russian S-400 air defense system
PrSM missiles will have a range of about 500 km. They will replace the MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) with a range of 300 km, armed with missiles of the American army. At the same time, the US Department of Defense intends to order Lockheed Martin to upgrade new missiles. It is planned that in the coming years, PrSM missiles will be able to reach targets at a distance of up to 1000 km, and will also receive a guidance head that will allow them to hit surface targets.
