{"id":1633906,"date":"2022-09-06T09:33:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1633906"},"modified":"2022-09-06T09:35:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:35:42","slug":"himars-are-doing-serious-damage-to-russias-military-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/himars-are-doing-serious-damage-to-russias-military-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"HIMARS Are Doing Serious Damage to Russia\u2019s Military in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhimars-are-doing-serious-damage-to-russias-military-in-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1633906&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span>Known as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/08\/watch-how-ukraine-is-trolling-the-russian-military-with-himars\/\"><span>HIMARS<\/span><\/a><span>, the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is a highly mobile rocket launch system \u2013 essentially, a rocket pod attached to an M1140 Army truck. Capable of firing either 227mm GMLRS rockets, or 610mm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/09\/atacms-the-weapon-ukraine-could-hit-russia-with-from-186-miles-away\/\">ATACMS missiles<\/a>, the HIMARS system is an affordable way to bolster an army\u2019s firepower. While developed by the United States and deployed mainly in the Middle East, the HIMARS is currently making a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/01\/us\/politics\/himars-weapons-ukraine.html\"><span>name<\/span><\/a><span> for itself in the Russo-Ukraine War. The Ukrainians, who received upwards of sixteen HIMARS systems from the Americans, have used the weapon to successfully destroy Russian targets. And now, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/08\/13\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-himars-kherson.html\"><span>Ukrainians<\/span><\/a><span> are building <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/08\/putin-is-enraged-ukraine-tricks-russia-into-wasting-missiles-on-fake-himars-launchers\/\"><span>decoy<\/span><\/a><span> HIMARS to absorb Russian attention and artillery.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>HIMARS Fakes<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUkraine has fielded a fleet of fake High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, to trick Russia into firing its precious long-range missiles at worthless decoys,\u201d Dan Parson <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/ukraine-situation-report-decoy-himars-launchers-entice-russian-missile-strikes\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> for The Drive. \u201cThose decoys draw Russian attention and fire away from the 16 HIMARS systems currently on the frontlines in Ukraine.\u201d<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>According to the Washington Post, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/09\/himars-rockets-alone-wont-win-the-war-for-ukraine\/\">wooden<\/a> HIMARS decoys have attracted as many as 10 Russian Kalibr missiles. As the Russians generally rely on unmanned systems to find and identify targets for their artillery, the wooden HIMARS have been particularly effective. \u201cA decent decoy, situated and camouflaged as an actual HIMARS would be deployed, is almost indistinguishable from the real thing to Russian targeting drones and satellites that provide information to Russian warships carrying cruise missiles in the Black Sea,\u201d Parson wrote. \u201cThe Ukrainian decoys are made out of wood but can be indistinguishable from an artillery battery through the lens of Russian drones, which transmit their locations to naval cruise-missile carriers in the Black Sea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Russians are eager to strike <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/09\/u-s-himars-m270-rockets-and-m777-howitzers-are-powering-ukraines-offensive\/\"><span>HIMARS<\/span><\/a><span> systems because the HIMARS system has been so effective at destroying Russian targets. To the Russians, the HIMARS is \u201clike a VIP target,\u201d a Ukrainian official <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/08\/30\/ukraine-russia-himars-decoy-artillery\/\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> the Washington Post. The Ukrainian use of decoys is an example of the asymmetrical tactics the outgunned, outmanned military relies on to survive against the larger, stronger Russian force. In addition to the decoy HIMARS, \u201cin recent weeks, Kyiv\u2019s operatives have blown up rail and electricity lines in occupied Russian territory, detonated explosives inside Russian arms depots and assassinated suspected collaborators,\u201d the Washington Post reported. But Ukraine is still highly dependent on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/27\/us\/politics\/ukraine-weapons-center.html\"><span>Western-supplied<\/span><\/a><span> conventional weapons like the HIMARS.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64877\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-64877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marines with Romeo Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, fire rockets from a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 1, 2013. Marines with 5\/11 are deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.<br \/>(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Anthony L. Ortiz \/ Released)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cThe lengths to which Ukraine has gone to protect <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/21\/world\/europe\/ukraine-has-been-pleading-for-more-long-range-missile-launchers-the-us-is-sending-more.html\"><span>Western-supplied<\/span><\/a><span> rocket systems underscore their importance on the battlefield,\u201d the Washington Post reported. \u201cThe systems are credited with blunting Russia\u2019s advance in the east and south by giving Ukraine the ability to strike from 50 miles away, laying waste to hundreds of high-value Russian targets, including supply lines,\u00a0 arms depots and logistic and support hubs.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Russia themselves have used decoy and deception tactics \u2013 they even have a word for such techniques: \u201cmaskirovka.\u201d Russia, for its part, has used inflatable decoys of S-300 SAM missile batteries. The most famous example of maskirovka comes from World War II when US war planners <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/culture\/ghost-army-wwii\/\"><span>created<\/span><\/a><span> an entire \u201cghost army,\u201d complete with fake tanks, trucks, and airplanes in an attempt to fool Nazi Germany.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_66131\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66131\" class=\"size-large wp-image-66131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HIMARS-1200x675-1.jpg\" alt=\"HIMARS\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HIMARS-1200x675-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/HIMARS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HIMARS-768x432-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HIMARS-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HIMARS-600x337-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HIMARS.jpg 1344w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-66131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HIMARS. Image Credit: Twitter Video Screenshot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>In Ukraine, Russia is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/did-russia-claim-destroy-44-himars-launchers-ukraine-1739314\"><span>claiming<\/span><\/a><span> to have destroyed 44 Ukrainian HIMARS. The claims are likely hyperbolic propaganda, however, as the US has only confirmed the shipment of 16 HIMARS systems. For Ukraine, protecting their existing HIMARS systems will be vital in the effort to keep Russia at bay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Harrison Kass is the Senior Defense Editor at 19FortyFive. An attorney, pilot, guitarist, and minor pro hockey player, he joined the US Air Force as a Pilot Trainee but was medically discharged. Harrison holds a BA from Lake Forest College, a JD from the University of Oregon, and an MA from New York University. He lives in Oregon and listens to Dokken. Follow him on Twitter @harrison_kass.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Known as HIMARS, the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is a highly mobile rocket launch system \u2013 essentially, a rocket pod attached to an M1140 Army truck. 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