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U.S.-Provided HIMARS Effective in Ukraine
DOD NEWS (U.S. Department of Defense) ^ | JULY 15, 2022 | C. TODD LOPEZ

Posted on 07/15/2022 8:47:40 PM PDT by familyop

American High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems being used in Ukraine are making an impact on the conflict there between Ukrainians fighting to preserve their national sovereignty and Russian forces who have illegally invaded that country.

The M142 HIMARS system allows for the launching of multiple, precision-guided rockets. Already, the U.S. had provided eight of the systems to Ukraine and last week promised to send an additional four, for a total of 12 of the systems.

During a background briefing today at the Pentagon, a senior military official said the Defense Department believes the HIMARS are having an indirect, but significant impact on front line operations.

"I think there has been significant impact on what's going on, on the front lines," the official said. "If you think about the fact that the Ukrainians have been talking about a number of the targets [they] are hitting ... they're spending a lot of time striking targets like ammunition, supplies, other logistical supplies, command and control. And all those things have a direct impact on the ability to conduct operations on the front line. ... Although they're not shooting the HIMARS at the front lines, they are having a very, very significant effect on that."

The Russians illegally invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The conflict there between the invading Russians and the Ukrainians has been ongoing now for 142 days, the official said. And while the Russians have made some incremental gains, they have been hard earned.

"We assess that Russian forces are limited to incremental if any gains around the northern Donbass, held up by Ukrainian defenses," the official said. "Russian forces continue to employ indiscriminate artillery bombardment along with air and missile strikes."

Near Kharkiv, the official said, the Department assesses that the Ukrainians are continuing to defeat Russian attempts to gain ground. The same is also true in the vicinity of Sloviansk.

The same official also said that the Russians have publicly said they'd also like to move on Sloviansk, but still have not been able to do so.

Related Transcript: Senior Military Official Holds a Background Briefing


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1 posted on 07/15/2022 8:47:40 PM PDT by familyop
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To: Zhang Fei

Ping.


2 posted on 07/15/2022 8:48:26 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: familyop

How many have been destroyed or captured by now?


3 posted on 07/15/2022 8:52:53 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: 2banana

None. The article is fresh from the U.S. Department of Defense.


4 posted on 07/15/2022 8:54:29 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: 2banana
Ukrainian civilians under attack in Russia

5 posted on 07/15/2022 8:55:54 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: familyop

DOD NEWS (U.S. Department of Defense)

At least it’s not from the Ministry of Propaganda. Or Ukraine’s DOD.


6 posted on 07/15/2022 9:02:00 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: familyop

Unbeatable!!! Russian S-400 missile system unable to intercept Ukrainian HIMARS rocket
https://youtu.be/YO1dOe7gb9I

Russian S-400 missile system isn’t able to intercept HIMARS rocket.
https://youtu.be/KPpN9tQ_qv4

Ukraine War: HIMARS rocket system used to strike Russian ammunition depots
Sky News
https://youtu.be/qZKqLSsPBhw


7 posted on 07/15/2022 9:12:57 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: 2banana

Zero destroyed.
Zero captured by your side, Putin’s army


8 posted on 07/15/2022 9:15:56 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: familyop

We should give them at least 30 HIMARS.

Apparently we are getting ready to give them F15’s.

It’s about time.

Russia could have been defeated already if Moscow Joe wasn’t dragging his feet.


9 posted on 07/15/2022 9:19:44 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: familyop

We should give them at least 30 HIMARS.

Apparently we are getting ready to give them F15’s.

It’s about time.

Russia could have been defeated already if Moscow Joe wasn’t dragging his feet.


10 posted on 07/15/2022 9:19:44 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: familyop

We should give them at least 30 HIMARS.

Apparently we are getting ready to give them F15’s.

It’s about time.

Russia could have been defeated already if Moscow Joe wasn’t dragging his feet.


11 posted on 07/15/2022 9:19:44 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

You can say that again! ;D


12 posted on 07/15/2022 9:20:56 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: familyop

I recently heard these were for sale on the dark someplace

It is so hard to believe that the patriotic democratic govt and peoples of Ukraine would not properly use aid or weapons,

WTF


13 posted on 07/15/2022 9:21:17 PM PDT by algore
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To: familyop

It looks like I was well on my way to posting it 30 times.


14 posted on 07/15/2022 9:29:32 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: familyop

M270 MLR systems have also arrived in Ukraine.


15 posted on 07/15/2022 9:30:04 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: familyop

I didn't know she had a new job in the Biden administration.

16 posted on 07/15/2022 10:09:00 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff

Looks like she buys makeup by the 10 pound bag...


17 posted on 07/15/2022 10:15:55 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: DannyTN

Did we also give them pilots to fly the F15s and mechanics/tools to fix them? 🤣


18 posted on 07/15/2022 10:24:45 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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To: McGruff

She doesn’t. She doesn’t have anything to do with the article posted above this thread, either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Jankowicz


19 posted on 07/15/2022 10:25:35 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: algore

Because these are not for sale on the black market. The report you saw involved stinger missiles.


20 posted on 07/15/2022 10:25:54 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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