NATO Ally Placing HIMARS Right on Putin’s Front Door
“On Thursday, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said his country intends to place a number of HIMARS rocket launchers at the Russian border. Blaszczak said the battery was acquired in 2019, and the announcement comes on the heels of Congress’ approval of 500 HIMARS charging modules for Ukraine’s defense.
“Until the end of 2023, the U.S. HIMARS rocket artillery systems will be at the disposal of the 16th mechanized division of the Polish army, which is deployed near the border with the Russia’s Kaliningrad region,” Blaszczak said Friday, noting the success of the system in Ukraine’s air defenses.
The news comes one day after Blaszczak announced that the U.S. Department of State had approved the sale of 800 Hellfire missiles for use on a number of support helicopters.”
https://www.newsweek.com/nato-ally-placing-himars-right-putins-front-door-1788578
“NATO Ally (Poland) Placing HIMARS Right on Putin’s Front Door (Kaliningrad)”
Not only is Poland reinforcing its combat capability on the border with Kaliningrad (in several ways), but NATO allies are also moving their own additional forces and weapons into Poland and the Baltics.
At the same time, Russian forces in Kaliningrad have been significantly reduced, as their units from there rotated into the Ukraine, and sustained heavy losses.
Russian units from the Arctic have also been chewed up in the Ukraine War, and Finland is now strengthening its 830 mile border with Russia as well. Russia is being rapidly demilitarized, as the gigantic Soviet stockpiles of war materiel are being expended - over halfway done.
Another year like the last one, and Russia’s conventional Military capability will be living hand to mouth, only able to expend as much as they can make - roughly a tenth of the rate of of last year’s expenditures (unless foreign suppliers come to their aid, and endure Western sanctions).
That will be the once in a lifetime best opportunity for oppressed minorities and regions to throw off Moscow’s yoke.