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  The "long range missiles" are the GLSDB that are being provided. They are "Long range" because they have twice the range of HIMARS.
context: this should be something discovered in theatre, not a PR press release.  just my opinion. >
  
  I’m sure it’s already in theatre if the press is releasing it now. They are just leaking it out to scare the Russians a bit before they start killing them. >
  
  Not necessarily. Remember how the Patriot system was announced but then the US said that troops would be starting training only after the announcement was made? 
  Could be the same thing here, especially with the GLSDB being a new system that needs to be purchased and built, rather than things like Bradleys and Marders that can be pulled from storage. >
  
  I would retort that this theatre includes Poland. Also we don’t know if Patriots were there being operated by contractors in deeper rear areas like Lviv or around other critical infrastructure but not seen by the media. I do remember a journalist getting expelled because they reported seeing something they shouldn’t of seen. We won’t ever know and my assumption as I’ve seen in the past is you put those pieces far away in guarded areas until you are ready to announce them publicly. Major news organizations play ball to get continued access to sources.