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Why Ukraine Wants This High-Tech American Rocket Launcher
Ukraine continues to request Western assistance to fend off Russian aggression, and the precise rockets of the U.S.-made HIMARS weapon system are in high demand. Who makes this lethal rocket launcher and why is it so effective?
Artillery has quickly become the most important weapon in Ukraine’s war with Russia.
Ukrainian forces have begun to use newer Western artillery, like the M777 Howitzer, in the battlefield. But a different kind of weapon has had a bigger impact. The American-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, aka HIMARS, has been a major high-tech upgrade for Ukraine’s military.
“The introduction of the HIMARS rocket artillery to Ukraine has been significant,” said George Barros, a geospatial analyst at the Institute for the Study of War. “That has changed the battlefield quite a lot. And it really goes to show that Western aid to Ukraine is not just paper pushing or symbolic.”
Ukrainian forces claimed to have already used the HIMARS to take out ammunition dumps, command posts and other high-value targets. Providing this high-tech system could help Ukraine blunt Russian advances and change the direction of the conflict.
“What the United States needs to do is to have a strategy to bring this war to an early end,” said George Beebe, director of grand strategy at the Quincy Institute. “That means not only convincing the Russians that they can’t win on the battlefield but also showing them that should they make concessions at the negotiating table.”
Watch the video above to find out more about how the high-tech, American-made mobile-rocket artillery system known as HIMARS could help Ukrainian forces repel the Russian invasion, and why some fear the potent weapon could lead to further escalation of hostilities between Russia and the West.
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@CONTACTLIGHTTOMMY
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
HIMARS are aging well. Saved Ukrainians many thousands of lives. Probably saved the nation.
@claudiopistorijunior5089
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
Hawai needind help and Biden giving montains of money to war.
@TheTiagoslater
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
i just want to stop people from dying
@kymsheba
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
HIMARS INEFFECTIVE Russia is able to jam and even bring down intact these missiles as usual with ALL WESTERN NAZI CRAP overstated abilities are being shown to be ALL HOT AIR and NO SUBSTANCE woeful pitiful UBER weapons from the NAZI WEST has been EXPOSED as NOTHING BUT RUBBISH even the NAZI UKRAINE troops are abandoning these crap Leopard 2 tanks and Bradleys and going back to T-72' and BMP-1 's even ROFL. =Z=
@qianggong1696
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
It's dangerous & crazy to say a Hi-Tech weapon could change the whole war or the decision of political leaders
@bikomafuta5455
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
NATO🙄, USA, EU Lost
RUSSIA WIN
@timothydobson4657
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
The only things to negotiate are Putin and his high level teams method of execution, Russia’s unconditional surrender and complete demilitarization. Sanctions on Russia for 500 years. Economic starvation of Russia. Zero negotiation beyond that. American fantasy of ending the war
With anything less than a Russia collapse will ensure at least 2 more centuries of Mafia Russia blackmail. Timid western response is why the invasion had lasted this long.
@jeffington1224
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
That’s cool and all but when robot soldiers
@victoromenye6807
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
Something big and bold, he gave him a semi automatic shot gun while I was expecting an RPG
@Lyftflexslave
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
Send them drones into Moscow…
@georgef1176
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
Keep on giving them!
@Sagbotgamot
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
Obviously to strike deep inside Russia thinking it can scare Putin and hopefully russian troops will be scampering back to the russian borders. That's the fantasy.
@perrysuusi3240
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
why ya Allah, Why can't the of War keep stop😭 😭 love your family. we all should unite in peace. dear' Love those on this earth. May the countries of this world be at peace Aamiin Ya Allah
love all humans on this earth.
@toxicgamers1113
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
every war is a horror. But, the luck in all that disaster is that you have Russia on the other side, not NATO(USA) and the west… otherwise you would know what real destruction and death are. When NATO(USA) bombed my country, in less than 3 months, they caused more than 10 times more damage and civilian deaths than Russia did to you in almost a whole year. It's not that the Russians can't totally destroy you, but they are much more humane and humane than the West will ever be. It's a parody, that even now, you are being harmed less by Russian bombs than by Western aid… Remember, this is a war between the West and Russia, and all of it is over the backs of you Ukrainians. how they just screwed you!! if the west had not "helped" you, everything would have been over a long time ago and everything would be back to normal. it suits someone here that all this crap lasts as long as possible and everyone knows who has benefited from this tragedy. it's neither Russia nor Ukraine..it's not the EU either. the only real benefit is the USA, which wants to maintain world domination. and that is a fact. do not forget, America is a capitalistic state, and they do not have friends, only business partners. Do not fall on their false concern for you, they care only for themselves
@schizophrenic4208
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
Let me fight for my freedom without just calling it and
@giselameunier3845
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
I read the comments and I see that you all support this War, Poutine invaded Ukraine because Zelensky didn 't respected les accords de Minsk, so if you want peace don 't give weapons to Zelensky
@giselameunier3845
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
if you want peace don 't provide Ukraine with weapons and the war will stop, Poutine is wright
@AhmedAli-xh5gg
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
J
@twizz420
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
Honestly, I don't think there is any question that Ukraine would be winning this war whether the US government was supplying them with weapons or not. Other than the first few weeks where Ukraine was somewhat caught off guard, they've been absolutely destroying the Russians.
@pheuypeterphrakaysone9926
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
All dictator is coward.
@douglasnilles4361
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
U$A
@jamme21
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
awersome system, Lithuania maked contract too for 8 himars by now
@theanchyeooi2323
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
Victory to UKRAINE.
@stevenhart9004
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
We need a new UN with no Russia to veto decisions then pass a law that leaders who start a war or any military operation should stand on the front line and lead those they ask to die for them.
@san0saky
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
I think someone should tell Mr George Beebe that it's not Ukrainians who are "crossing the red line" daily, but Russia with its daily ballistic & cruise missile attacks on CIVILIAN infrastructure & even residential buildings FAR away from the frontline.. Russia is using terrorist methods, but Mr Beebe think's it's Ukraine who has to be "careful".. This type of mentality has allowed Putin to commit atrocities & war crimes without consequences.. NATO should've made it clear since the beginning that if Putin decides to escalate this conflict beyond attacking military targets, Ukraine will be provided with exact same capability.. so every time Kremlin sends missiles & drones into Kyiv & other cities only to destroy civilian infrastructure, Ukraine will send exact amount of missiles into Moscow & other Russian cities.. there should be a tit-for-tat response, otherwise Russians will continue attacking civilian targets without ANY fear of repercussions.. but if Muscovites would have to live under same conditions as Ukrainian civilians (with no electricity, no heating, constant fear of their home being destroyed, etc..), then perhaps Russian citizens themselves would "retire" Putin & his loyalists, and stop this war..
@danielrivera8543
December 22, 2023 at 10:19 am
Ok