{"id":47575,"date":"2022-06-01T19:54:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T17:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=47575"},"modified":"2022-06-03T20:47:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T18:47:04","slug":"himars-this-is-the-multiple-rocket-launcher-that-us-confirms-that-it-will-send-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/06\/01\/himars-this-is-the-multiple-rocket-launcher-that-us-confirms-that-it-will-send-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"HIMARS: this is the multiple rocket launcher that US confirms that it will send to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It's official: this afternoon the United States has confirmed that it will send M-142 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, among other weapons systems, to Ukraine.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/05\/24\/three-months-of-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-the-reasons-to-affirm-the-failure-of-russia\/\">Three months of Russian invasion of Ukraine: the reasons to affirm the failure of Russia<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/05\/19\/ukraine-has-captured-almost-1300-russian-military-vehicles-in-12-weeks-of-invasion\/\">Ukraine has captured almost 1,300 Russian military vehicles in 12 weeks of invasion<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/06\/01\/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-additional-security-assistance-to-ukraine-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a statement by President Biden published by the White House<\/a> this afternoon, the approval of a new military aid package for Ukraine is announced: <em>\"the United States will be able to keep providing Ukraine with more of the weapons that they are using so effectively to repel Russian attacks. <strong>This new package will arm them with new capabilities and advanced weaponry, including HIMARS with battlefield munitions<\/strong>, to defend their territory from Russian advances. We will continue to lead the world in providing historic assistance to support Ukraine\u2019s fight for freedom.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52115059976_46aaa13b16_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The M-142 HIMARS<\/strong> (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System), manufactured by Lockheed Martin, is a wheeled multiple rocket launcher that <strong>can launch up to six MGM-140 ATACMS rockets.<\/strong> There are different variants of this rocket. The MGM-140A Block I has a maximum range of 128 kilometers, while the fourth and most recent version, <strong>the MGM-168 ATACMS Block IVA, has a range of 300 kilometers.<\/strong> Biden's statement does not indicate what type of rockets will be sent with the HIMARS.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52115059861_8e9371b46f_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Currently, <strong>this MLRS system is used by the United States Army and Marines<\/strong>, in addition to Bahrain, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Greece, and Turkey. In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2022\/05\/27\/poland-eyes-500-us-himars-launchers-to-boost-its-artillery-forces\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a few days ago Poland confirmed that it will buy 500 launchers<\/a>, which would make it one of the largest users of this rocket launcher system. Here you can see <strong>a video of Lockheed Martin showing this weapon system in action:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/otiG0BN982M\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><big>The cynical tantrum of Russia, which has nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad<\/big><\/p>\n<p>The statement published today by the White House resolves<strong> the debate unleashed in recent days on the possible shipment of the M-270 MLRS to Ukraine.<\/strong> This weapon system, manufactured by Vought Corporation, can also launch ATACMS rockets, in its case up to 12, but also the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), with a range of 500 kilometers. A few days ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efe.com\/efe\/espana\/mundo\/rusia-advierte-a-eeuu-contra-el-envio-de-sistemas-multicohetes-ucrania\/10001-4816260\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russia claimed that sending MLRS to Ukraine would be a \"provocation\".<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The reality is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/russia-deploys-nuclear-capable-missile-system-in-kaliningrad-reports\/a-42474925\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russia has already deployed missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads in the Kaliningrad enclave since 2018<\/a>, a direct threat in a territory that borders Poland and Lithuania.<strong> That enclave is only 195 km from Warsaw and 500 km from Berlin<\/strong>, so it is very cynical for Russia to call the sending of a non-nuclear conventional rocket launcher to Ukraine a \"provocation\".<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photos: US Marine Corps \/ US Army.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s official: this afternoon the United States has confirmed that it will send M-142 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, among other weapons systems, to Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12876,11548],"tags":[16720,16721,10731,16153,15307,10431],"class_list":["post-47575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excluir-de-anotaciones-eng","category-armament","tag-m-142-himars","tag-mgm-140-atacms","tag-russia","tag-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-of-2022","tag-ukraine","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}