{"id":136745,"date":"2022-07-08T17:54:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T17:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/08\/us-to-send-more-himars-precision-rockets-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:27:15","slug":"us-to-send-more-himars-precision-rockets-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/07\/08\/us-to-send-more-himars-precision-rockets-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"US to send more HIMARS precision rockets to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The United States is sending to Ukraine up to $400 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/06\/01\/us-will-send-himars-precision-rockets-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">additional military equipment and supplies<\/a>, including four more medium-range rocket systems and ammunition, as the embattled nation tries to repel Russia\u2019s advances in the Donbas region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The four additional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/06\/01\/us-will-send-himars-precision-rockets-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS<\/a>, will bring the total number sent to Ukraine to a dozen, a senior defense official told reporters in a briefing Friday. The official said the first eight HIMARS were particularly useful for Ukraine, as the fight in the Donbas has largely evolved into an artillery duel. The official refuted Russian reports that two of the delivered HIMARS were destroyed, and said all eight are accounted for and still in use by Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military equipment being drawn down from U.S. stockpiles and sent to Ukraine also includes three tactical vehicles, demolition munitions, counter-battery systems and spare parts, among other equipment, so Ukraine can repair and maintain other systems that allies have sent in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shipment will also include 1,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition, which the defense official described as a precision-guided type that would allow the Ukrainian military to better hit specific targets, which would save ammunition. The official would not confirm whether these shells will be the guided Excalibur artillery rounds, but said they have not been part of previous security assistance packages to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HIMARS is a light, wheeled multiple rocket launcher, which Pentagon officials previously said was a \u201ctop priority\u201d request by Ukraine. The U.S. undersecretary for defense for policy, Colin Kahl, told reporters last month that HIMARS allows Ukrainian forces to strike targets with greater range and precision than other artillery weapons that were sent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy formally promised only to use HIMARS for defensive purposes and to avoid firing into Russian territory; this took place before the U.S. agreed to provide the systems in order to avoid escalating the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defense official said Russian claims HIMARS were used in strikes outside of Ukrainian territory are false, and that Russian forces, capabilities and logistics nodes within Ukraine are \u201cabsolutely fair targets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official said the weekslong process to train Ukrainian troops on how to use the high-end HIMARS platform has been a limiting factor, and is why they were delivered in batches of four at a time. The official said efforts to train more Ukrainians on HIMARS will continue, but would not say how many have so far been trained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official said the HIMARS would arrive on the battlefield \u201crapidly,\u201d but would not say how long their deployment might take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official said Russian forces are making \u201cvery incremental, limited, hard-fought, highly costly progress\u201d in some parts of Donbas, and that they are far behind their timelines and objectives. The official would not specify where Russian forces are believed to have been disrupted, but said they are behind the front lines in Donbas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian forces are launching effective counteroffenses, the official said, and in the last week have started to use HIMARS strikes to seriously disrupt Russia\u2019s ability to gain ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t see this at all as Russia winning this battle,\u201d the official said. \u201cCertainly they\u2019re not winning it relative to their initial objectives. They\u2019ve been very much thwarted, but the fighting is hard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. has been talking with allies and partners about other systems that could be sent to Ukraine, such as coastal defense capabilities, to move the nation away from Soviet legacy systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Ukraine has received a great deal of equipment from the U.S. and other partner nations, the official said, its military has been using it at such an intense pace that forces need resources to repair and sustain those systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Providing this ability also sends Russia an important signal that Ukraine will be able to continue the fight, the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the Russians think they can outlast the Ukrainians, they need to rethink that,\u201d the official said. \u201cWe are already pivoting towards thinking about what the Ukrainians will need in 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