JFYI: There exists USSR "Smerch" MLRS with characteristics similar to HIMARS. Smerch allow striking targets "deep" (in quotes, because 100miles is nothing for Russia) into Russian territory in the same way as HIMARS. Ukraine have 80 of them (at least had at 24Feb2022) on duty and each with at least one ammunition pack (to be on duty). Smerch could use a lot of different types of missiles, including guided ones, just like HIMARS. Apart from Smerch, Ukrainians always had a lot of ways to strike (or try to strike) targets "deep" into Russia territory, but did not want, or was not able to do it, you know, that strange staged war and all that stuff. How few HIMARS could change anything now?
I meet that strage obsession with HIMARS everywhere, like it is some marketing campaign for that things that pop up as soon as it was announced. HIMARS never popped up before, since the beginning of war in 2014 until US $40B "assistance".
JFYI: There exists USSR "Smerch" MLRS with characteristics similar to HIMARS. Smerch allow striking targets "deep" (in quotes, because 100miles is nothing for Russia) into Russian territory in the same way as HIMARS. Ukraine have 80 of them (at least had at 24Feb2022) on duty and each with at least one ammunition pack (to be on duty). Smerch could use a lot of different types of missiles, including guided ones, just like HIMARS. Apart from Smerch, Ukrainians always had a lot of ways to strike (or try to strike) targets "deep" into Russia territory, but did not want, or was not able to do it, you know, that strange staged war and all that stuff. How few HIMARS could change anything now?
I meet that strage obsession with HIMARS everywhere, like it is some marketing campaign for that things that pop up as soon as it was announced. HIMARS never popped up before, since the beginning of war in 2014 until US $40B "assistance".