Secretary Blinken: “Any given system that’s discussed, including in the media, is probably under active review if it’s something the Ukrainians have asked us to look at. When it comes to how Ukrainians use these systems, the targeting decisions are theirs. They’re not ours.”
by marketrent
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This is BS, because US actively limits them from being used on russian territory.
At a joint press availability with Germany foreign minister Baerbock, Secretary Blinken expounded on comments he conveyed last week:^1
>So different systems are constantly under review, and it’s very important to emphasize that the systems themselves are critical, but that – but that’s not sufficient as a prism through which to look at this.
>Ukrainians have to be able to use them effectively, and sometimes with new, sophisticated systems, that requires training, and of course we’re engaged in that.
>They need to be able to maintain them, and that doesn’t happen automatically.
>And then they need to fit into a coherent military program that makes sense in helping Ukraine achieve its objectives.
>So all of those factors are taken into consideration.
>I can just tell you that any given system that’s discussed, including [in] the media, is probably under active review if it’s something the Ukrainians have asked us to look at. And we are.
>When it comes to how Ukrainians use these systems, the targeting decisions are theirs. They’re not ours.
>And they have to make judgments about what can be most effective in working to regain their full sovereignty, their territorial integrity.
>As a matter of our own policy, we do not encourage, nor do we enable, the use of our weapon systems outside of Ukraine.
>But again, fundamentally these are Ukrainian decisions.
^1 https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-and-german-foreign-minister-annalena-baerbock-at-a-joint-press-availability-3/
This was his answer to whether America would allow atacms to be used to attack targets inside russia.