US will only be able to transfer 20-50 Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine – Financial Times

The US will be able to supply Ukraine with only 20 to 50 Tomahawk missiles, which will not significantly affect the dynamics of hostilities and the situation on the battlefield. This was emphasized by Stacey Pettyjohn, director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security think tank, the Financial Times reports.

According to the publication, US President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington on October 17 to discuss how they can force the Russian leader to sit at the negotiating table, in particular over the possibility of supplying Kyiv with Tomahawk missiles.

While long-range missiles could complement Ukraine's own strike drones and long-range cruise missiles "in large, complex volleys with greater effect," they "would still be a very limited capability... certainly not sufficient to provide sustained deep strikes on Russia," Stacey Pettyjohn added.

Former Pentagon official and current employee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank, Mark Kansian, stated that the US has a total of 4,150 Tomahawk missiles.

However, in 2022, the Pentagon purchased only 200 missiles and has already spent more than 120. At the same time, the US Department of War requested funding for only 57 additional Tomahawks in its 2026 budget.

The Pentagon, according to the publication, refused to comment on how many missiles it has in stock.

Earlier it was reported that the US showed a new ground-based launcher X-MAV for Tomahawk cruise missiles, which can carry four weapons at the same time. The new product was developed by Oshkosh Defense.