National Interest: Did Russia Take Out Ukrainian HIMARS Missile Launchers?
Ukrainian military officials rejected Russia’s claims as “fake.” The Russian military claimed on Wednesday that it destroyed two High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) missile launchers in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region.
“In the area of the village of Malotaranovka, high-precision air-launched missiles destroyed two US-made HIMARS multiple missile launchers and two ammunition depots for them,” announced Russia’s Defense Ministry, according to Russian news outlet RIA Novosti.
The Defense Ministry reportedly added that a radar station for a Ukrainian S-300 missile system was destroyed in southern Ukraine. Malotaranovka is located to the south of Kramatorsk, a city in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region that sits on the path of Russia’s ongoing offensive in the Donbass region.
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WNU Editor: I do not know if these HIMARS systems have been destroyed. The Russian Ministry of Defense has posted what appears to be a Ukrainian HIMARS system and support vehicles being wiped out, but the video was taken from a distance and it is hard to determine what exactly is being destroyed (link here).
But I would not be surprised if these systems will be knocked out very quickly. I have been told by a regular reader of this blog that these HIMARS launch a very unique missile, and when they are fired they can be quickly spotted by the Russian military.
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