Kyiv used US-provided HIMARS rockets to strike the aircraft, which included formidable Ka-52s. Ka-52s, used to attack ground targets, have been problematic for Ukraine throughout the war.

The wheeled HIMARS, firing precision-guided rockets as far as 57 miles, are some of the best artillery systems in the world. Ukraine has used its 40-plus Lockheed Martin-made HIMARS—minus two ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

Delivery of F-16 jets and attending equipment would be delayed, while the second batch of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is ahead of schedule and would be delivered by next ...

In a period of a week or so, the Russians knocked out their first Ukrainian HIMARS, their first launchers for a Ukrainian Patriot air-defense battery and then that pair of helicopters. It was a ...

A U.S. Himars test firing in Australia during a 2023 exercise. Credit: U.S. Department of Defense MELBOURNE, Australia—The Australian government has taken delivery of the first two Lockheed ...

Two Ka-52 attack helicopters and two Mi-8 transport helicopters were destroyed on the ground with US-supplied HIMARS. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. This precision strike ...

The 7-2 decision came from Justice Neil Gorsuch. The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld government regulation of self-assemble firearm kits that produce untraceable weapons known as "ghost guns." ...

Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets ...

The cessation of the provision of intelligence data by the US to Ukraine has affected the highly mobile M142 HIMARS missile systems, which the Ukrainian Defense Forces use to launch long-range strikes ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of National Defense says the second batch of HIMARS ordered from the US will arrive in 2026, completing the full order for multiple rocket launchers one year ahead ...