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The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) supplied to Ukraine by the US has been “completely ineffective” on the battlefield due to persistent Russian jamming. This is according to a classified Ukrainian weapons assessment seen by The Washington Post, exposing more flaws in some of America’s most sophisticated weapon systems. According to the report, Kyiv had to pause or scale back its use of some US-supplied weapons because of targeting issues caused by Moscow’s electronic warfare (EW) capabilities. One source said the HIMARS sometimes misses its target by more than 50 feet (15 meters). Apart from the Lockheed Martin missiles,...

Russia cannot meet its arms delivery commitments to India because of its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, according to the Indian Air Force (AIF). The statement, aired during a parliamentary committee meeting earlier this week, was the first official confirmation from New Delhi of Moscow’s defense export shortfalls. It confirmed speculation that Russia’s defense industry is experiencing serious problems producing military supplies. According to an IAF representative, the nation had planned a significant arms delivery this year, but it will not go through for undisclosed reasons. “They have given us in writing that they are not able to deliver it,” the...