A US Army HIMARS launches a GMLRS rocket during ... The warhead is filled with 180,000 tungsten-steel balls and is claimed to be effective against lightly armoured vehicles and personnel.
Ukraine’s HIMARS multiple launch rocket system struck a Russian airfield in Belgorod, destroying four helicopters—two Ka-52 ...
With mission approval, the attack was carried out using precision-guided munitions linked to the U.S.-supplied HIMARS system ... dispersing thousands of tungsten balls. The shared video shows ...
Four 660-pound M30 rockets, each packing 180,000 tungsten fragments ... the Russians knocked out their first Ukrainian HIMARS, their first launchers for a Ukrainian Patriot air-defense battery ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...