SF reported that the Russian military carried out a precision strike on two expensive military targets. These systems included the M142 HIMARS and the US-made M270 rocket artillery used by Kiev forces.
The HIMARS launcher was destroyed by a Russian Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile. The target was stored in a warehouse near the Yasenovoe settlement in the Donetsk direction. A video of the attack was released by the media on June 27.
Meanwhile, the multiple rocket launcher was spotted by a drone as it retreated to a warehouse near the settlement of Shevchenkove in the Nikolaev direction. The warehouse was then quickly targeted by an Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile. Video footage of the attack was shared on social media on June 28.
The US has supplied Kiev forces with at least 39 HIMARS launchers since Russia began its military campaign in Ukraine. Germany promised to buy three more systems to support Kiev forces earlier this year.
During the same period, Britain, Norway, France and Germany supplied at least 16 multiple rocket launcher systems and the German-made MARS II version to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The US HIMARS rocket artillery system fires. Photo: rferl.org
These launchers are usually equipped with GPS-guided GMLRS M30/M31 series missiles, with a range of more than 70km, or MGM-140 ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles with a range of 165 to 300km depending on the version.
The Russian military has damaged or destroyed several Ukrainian HIMARS launchers and multiple rocket launcher systems with precision-guided weapons such as the Iskander-M.
The Iskander-M has a range of nearly 500km. It can be equipped with various conventional warheads, including cluster warheads, fuel-air enhanced explosive warheads, high-explosive fragmentation warheads, earth-penetrating warheads for bunker busting, and electromagnetic pulse devices for anti-radar missions.
The missile is highly maneuverable when guided by an inertial navigation system with GLONASS support. It can also be equipped with an optical seeker with a digital scene mapping area correlation system for terminal guidance.
HOA AN (According to SF, AVP)
Source: https://www.nguoiduatin.vn/ten-lua-iskander-m-nga-tan-cong-pha-huy-he-thong-himars-cua-ukraine-a670768.html
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