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Peter Layton

Dr. Peter Layton is a visiting fellow at Griffith University in Australia and an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

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A Ukrainian-made Neptune missile being fired on April 5, 2019.

Opinion: Ukraine needs to rethink its long-range strike strategy

by Peter Layton
In 2022, Russia launched long-range strikes deep into Ukraine, confident that Ukraine could not retaliate in kind. By 2023, that situation changed. Ukraine received medium-range HIMARS rockets from the U.S., Storm Shadow and SCALP cruise missiles from the U.K. and France, and developed long-range attack drones of its own. These rockets, missiles, and drones, used in shrewd combinations, have allowed Ukraine to strike Russian railways, roads, munitions stockpiles, maintenance facilities, storage