The US has announced plans to ship 3,350 air-launched Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) missiles to Ukraine in yet another escalation amid a war the current Trump administration vowed during the 2024 US presidential campaign to end in “24 hours.”

The details of the program, however, are far more underwhelming than the headlines announcing them, with the first 1,000 missiles being sent over the course of 2 years. Because the missile is air-launched, there will also be limits imposed on its use by the number of warplanes and pilots available to fly sorties delivering it.

References:

TWZ - Air Force’s Cheap And Fast To Produce Long-Range Missile Is Being Built For Ukraine (Jul. 2024):
https://www.twz.com/air/air-forces-cheap-and-fast-to-produce-long-range-missile-is-being-built-for-ukraine
Forbes - The Boeing-Kratos PJDAM Is A 300-Mile Smart Bomb (Oct. 2023):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2023/10/25/the-boeing-kratos-pjdam-is-a-300-mile-smart-bomb/
TWZ - Ukraine Will Receive First Of Thousands Of New U.S. Made Standoff Missiles In The Coming Weeks (Aug. 25, 2025):
https://www.twz.com/air/ukraine-will-receive-first-of-thousands-of-new-u-s-made-standoff-missiles-in-the-coming-weeks
NYT - The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (Mar. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/29/world/europe/us-ukraine-military-war-wiesbaden.html
Reuters - Russia has fired 7,400 missiles, 3,700 Shahed drones in war so far, Kyiv says (Dec. 2023):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-has-fired-7400-missiles-3700-shahed-drones-war-so-far-kyiv-says-2023-12-21/
ABC News - Russia launches 6,400 drones, missiles into Ukraine in record-breaking month (Aug. 1, 2025):
https://abcnews.go.com/International/russia-launches-6400-drones-missiles-ukraine-record-breaking/story?id=124201916
Kyiv Independent - Exclusive: Russia’s ballistic missile production up at least 66% over past year, according to Ukrainian intel figures (Jun. 2025):
https://kyivindependent.com/exclusive-russias-ballistic-missile-production-up-at-least-66-over-past-year-according-to-ukrainian-intel-figures/
NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html
Forbes - The Countries With The Most STEM Graduates [Infographic] (2017):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/02/02/the-countries-with-the-most-stem-graduates-infographic/
TWZ - Jet-Powered JDAM Aims To Turn Bombs Into Cruise Missiles (Oct. 2023):
https://www.twz.com/jet-powered-jdam-aims-to-turn-bombs-into-cruise-missiles


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