U.S. Considers Tomahawks for Ukraine to Use Against Russia

Less than two months after a friendly summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the White House is considering sending long -range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, a step that Putin called a “completely new phase of escalation” on Thursday.

Sending strong weapons – which can reach Moscow – will cause another major political transformation from the administration that has emerged until recently of Ukraine’s chances of winning the war against Russia.

Less than two months after a friendly summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the White House is considering sending long -range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, a step that Putin called a “completely new phase of escalation” on Thursday.

Sending strong weapons – which can reach Moscow – will cause another major political transformation from the administration that has emerged until recently of Ukraine’s chances of winning the war against Russia.

But sending it well with the Ukrainian and American military strategies, according to experts, provides Kiev with an additional increase in her successful strategy so far to target Russian oil with the effect of American weapons as minimal as possible.

Speaking on Sunday, US Vice President JD Vance said that the United States was “looking” to sell missiles to Ukraine, after reports that Ukrainian President Voludmir Zelinski had asked the United States for weapons last week. the Wall Street Journal It was reported on Wednesday that the United States will give Ukraine intelligence due to long -term strikes on the oil sector in Russia.

Tomaxus will give Ukraine a boost in its current campaign to target Russian oil production, according to Brayan Clark, an older colleague at the Hudson Institute Research Center and Mark Kansian, the first advisor at the Strategic and International Studies Research Center.

This campaign is going well. Ukrainian drones have reduced their size from oil in Russia by up to five, which is a challenge to the Russian federal budget, which depends on oil and gas revenues of up to half of its spending. The military campaign is compatible with diplomatic pressure from US President Donald Trump, who focused on pressure on countries to reduce their purchases of Russian energy.

However, the load of these drones is much lower than Tomahawk, which features a 1000 -pound warhead. Ukraine also started using a new missile that was produced locally similar to Tomahawk, which is called Flamingo, but the missile was not relatively tested and available in small quantities only.

“There is a big difference in the girl” between Ukrainian drones and Tomahawk.

For Washington, Kansian said, in the meantime, Tomahax is likely to be attractive because the United States has a lot of weapons.

The United States has produced weapons since the 1980s and is likely to have a stock of thousands. The provision of the 2025 budget states that the Ministry of Defense has bought nearly 9,000 missiles. Kansian said that while the US military routinely shoots at operations – including in dozens of missiles at one time – it may be able to spare up to 200 to Ukraine.

“Inventories are very strong when they include old versions,” he said.

Clark added that some of these weapons are already approaching retirement age, which means that it would be better for Ukraine to use it now instead of its expiration in an American warehouse somewhere. In contrast, the latest weapons with similar domains-such as the SM-6 of the Navy or Jassm missiles of the Air Force-were a smaller stored.

This does not mean that providing weapons will be easy.

Among the problems may be to overcome the possible arguments from the Pentagon makers that the United States cannot gain even Tomahawk one for Ukraine. In July, the Ministry of Defense briefly suspended the transfer of some ammunition to Ukraine after reviewing the US stocks.

According to this review, this review was requested by the head of the ELBRIDGE Colby policy, who has long argued that Washington should focus on preparing for a possible war with China on other regions. Kansian said Tomahawks, which in the long run is an ideal weapon for the Pacific Ocean, is a kind of long -term weapons that the United States will need in such a war.

Of course, the White House can cancel any fears related to the Pentagon, as Trump did by restarting arms shipments in the wake of early stopping.

Another problem may be how Ukraine will already launch the missiles, which are launched primarily. The US Marine Corps introduced small numbers of land bombers as part of a recently canceled program. The army is also standing on the ground, but this program is in its cradle.

However, Clark expressed optimism that Ukraine can link the jury to something, noting that Ukraine’s success in adapting Harpoon missiles launched by the sea to launch lands.

Finally, Russia’s response can affect the US decision. Clark classified the degree of escalation as low, noting that Ukraine is already hitting deep targets inside Russia.

“Ukraine is already carried out the types of attacks that you can do with Tomahawk with drones,” Clark said. “So this will be just a different way to do the same attacks they are already.