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6: US May Permit Europe to Supply Tomahawk Cruise Missiles to Kyiv. Rebecca Grant of the Lexington Institute comments on the talk that the United States may permit Europe to supply Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kyiv. Grant discusses the Tomahawk's capabilities

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🗓️ 20 October 2025

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US May Permit Europe to Supply Tomahawk Cruise Missiles to Kyiv. Rebecca Grant of the Lexington Institute comments on the talk that the United States may permit Europe to supply Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kyiv. Grant discusses the Tomahawk's capabilities, noting that while Ukraine uses its own drones, they have shorter range and smaller warhead size compared to weapons already present, such as ATACMS and the British Storm Shadow. Grant states that the Tomahawk is the "missile of choice." If the strategic intent is to pressure Russia through attacks on its energy infrastructure—as Ukraine has been doing—Grant believes that the Tomahawk is the best tactical fit for achieving that objective.

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Colleague, Rebecca Grant of the Lexington Institute comments on the talk that the United States will permit Europe to supply Tomahawk cruise missiles to Keefe. What is this pointing to? What does it mean that Keefe can do that it can't do now? Rebecca's very clear. Tomahawks to Keefe, question mark.

0:24.3

Much more of this tonight about the Tomahawks and their capabilities and why and why not.

0:31.7

Rebecca Grant.

0:33.7

Well, Ukraine is already using its own drones to carry out attacks, but their range is shorter

0:38.9

and they don't have quite the warhead size. We've seen weapons that are already there like

0:44.1

Atacom's, like the British Storm Shadow, et cetera. But, you know, the T-LAM really is that

0:49.6

missile of choice. And if the intent is to pressure Russia with attacks on its energy infrastructure like

0:55.6

Ukraine's been doing, then I think tactically, Tomahawk is the best fit.

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