MGM-140 ATACMS
The MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS ) is a short-range supersonic tactical ballistic missile designed and manufactured by the American defense company Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV), and later, through acquisitions, Lockheed Martin. The missile uses solid propellant and is long and in diameter, and the longest-range variants can fly up to . It can be fired from the tracked M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and the wheeled M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)
- Weapon.image
- M57A1 Army Tactical Missile System missile.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 220px
- Weapon.caption
- ATACMS launch by HIMARS
- Weapon.origin
- United States
- Weapon.type
- Rocket artilleryTactical ballistic missile
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.is_explosive
- yes
- Weapon.is_artillery
- yes
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1991–present
- Weapon.wars
- Gulf War Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War 2026 Iran war
Article
22 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-development
- Development
- Details
- Production
- Stockpile upgrades
- Replacement
- Versions
- Comparison
- Operation
- During the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
- EW vs usability
- Reverse engineering
- During the 2026 Iran war
- Operators
- Future operators
- Failed bids
- See also
- Comparable missiles
- Notes
- References
- External links
The MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS ) is a short-range supersonic tactical ballistic missile designed and manufactured by the American defense company Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV), and later, through acquisitions, Lockheed Martin. The missile uses solid propellant and is long and in diameter, and the longest-range variants can fly up to . It can be fired from the tracked M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and the wheeled M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).
== History == === Pre-development === The concept of a conventional tactical ballistic missile was made possible by the doctrinal shift of the late Cold War, which rejected the indispensability of an early nuclear strike on the Warsaw Pact forces in the event the Cold War went hot. The AirLand Battle and Follow-on Forces Attack doctrines, which emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s, necessitated a conventional-armed (hence much more accurate) missile to strike enemy reserves, so the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command sponsored the Simplified Inertial Guidance Demonstrator (SIG-D) program.