Unitary warhead ATACMS would be a pretty good weapon for taking out Kerch bridge. Storm Shadow/SCALP, a British/French cruise missile that Ukraine already fields would also be a good weapon, as would the German Taurus, not yet supplied. These have more dedicated pentration warheads as compared to ATACMS which would be useful for destroying a bridge, but may be somewhat easier for air defense to intercept as they are slower.
Probably a handful for express purpose of destroying the bridge would be good. But it does seem there are some red line escalation concerns around the bridge; Ukraine has not used any Storm Shadows/SCALP missiles for this purpose, they have only used a truck bomb and Ukrainian made naval drones. Germany has expressly said they don't want to send Taurus because they don't want it to blow up Kerch bridge. So maybe the US is also wary of supplying the weapon that destroys the bridge. Unclear.
Could Ukraine manufacture ATACMS? Ukraine has a indigenous capabilities in this area, as seen by the Neptune cruise missiles that took out Moskva and other targets, as well as the Stugna ATGM which has been very effective, both made by the Ukrainian Luch Design Bureau. They have made agreements with Western arms manufacturers to produce and repair things insidd of Ukraine. But Ukrainian arms factories were very high priority targets for Russia from the very beginning and were repeatedly struck. I imagine making ballistic rockets is dangerous work, would probably need to be done in some sort of underground bunker or something.
Probably a handful for express purpose of destroying the bridge would be good. But it does seem there are some red line escalation concerns around the bridge; Ukraine has not used any Storm Shadows/SCALP missiles for this purpose, they have only used a truck bomb and Ukrainian made naval drones. Germany has expressly said they don't want to send Taurus because they don't want it to blow up Kerch bridge. So maybe the US is also wary of supplying the weapon that destroys the bridge. Unclear.
Could Ukraine manufacture ATACMS? Ukraine has a indigenous capabilities in this area, as seen by the Neptune cruise missiles that took out Moskva and other targets, as well as the Stugna ATGM which has been very effective, both made by the Ukrainian Luch Design Bureau. They have made agreements with Western arms manufacturers to produce and repair things insidd of Ukraine. But Ukrainian arms factories were very high priority targets for Russia from the very beginning and were repeatedly struck. I imagine making ballistic rockets is dangerous work, would probably need to be done in some sort of underground bunker or something.