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Half of U.S.-Made HIMARS in Ukraine Destroyed, Russia Says
Newsweek ^ | August 1, 2022 | Khaleda Rahman

Posted on 08/01/2022 7:44:22 AM PDT by Navy Patriot

Russia has said its forces have destroyed two U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, also known as HIMARS, in Ukraine.

The number adds to the four HIMARS launchers that Russia claimed to have destroyed over a two-week period in July.

A "high-precision" strike in Kharkiv took out the systems and killed 53 people, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, a spokesperson for the Russian defense ministry, said in an announcement on Monday, according to Russian state news agency TASS.

"As a result of a high-precision strike in the city of Kharkiv, on the territory of the Ukrainian Energy Machines plant, two American launchers of HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems were destroyed," Konashenkov said. "53 Ukrainian nationalists and foreign mercenaries were also destroyed."

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1 posted on 08/01/2022 7:44:22 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

NATO contractors included.

“A “high-precision” strike in Kharkiv took out the systems and killed 53 people,”


2 posted on 08/01/2022 7:46:00 AM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: Navy Patriot

Add this to the list of donated equipment in Afghanistan.


3 posted on 08/01/2022 7:46:34 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Navy Patriot

looking for my OOF picture.


4 posted on 08/01/2022 7:47:17 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Navy Patriot

more RMOD lies


5 posted on 08/01/2022 7:48:20 AM PDT by FreshPrince
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To: Navy Patriot

BS. They are guarded by USA and German anti missile
systems. Also, when a missile is launched towards
them they trace back the missile to its source
and the fire control system fires back even
before the missile lands

Besides Himars is mobile and they move after
every salvo to their next position.

Russian disinformation like Russian Collusion dossier.


6 posted on 08/01/2022 7:49:53 AM PDT by Zenjitsuman (f)
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7 posted on 08/01/2022 7:50:24 AM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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To: Navy Patriot

“killed 53 people”

How would the Russians know for sure?

They might take photos from the sky, but the presumed dead might just be badly injured.


8 posted on 08/01/2022 7:52:02 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Navy Patriot

Sounds like they might be using radio emissions to lock in on locations. The Russians are good at radio direction finding.

The Russians must be mapping out the locations from Ukraine Regular command and control radio traffic. Is Ukraine using effective communication setups or off the shelf Baofeng radios?


9 posted on 08/01/2022 7:53:11 AM PDT by DEPcom (Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules)
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To: Zenjitsuman

The Russians can carpet bomb an area.

The Russians also try to track these launchers before they get to fire off another rocket.


10 posted on 08/01/2022 7:54:19 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Navy Patriot
The first casualty of war is the truth.

Take all reports from Ukraine as suspect until verified.

The HIMARS system is having a serious effect on Russian ammunition supplies...

11 posted on 08/01/2022 7:54:22 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Navy Patriot

Foreign mercenaries?

What kinda foreign mercenaries?


12 posted on 08/01/2022 7:54:39 AM PDT by OKSooner ("That was then, this is now." - S.E. Hinton, Tulsa, OK)
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To: Navy Patriot

More lies from the Russian propaganda machine via a communist rag. Russian artillery does not have the range to hit a HIMARS tell.


13 posted on 08/01/2022 7:54:55 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Brian Griffin
The Russians can carpet bomb an area.

Which they specifically say they did not do in this case.

14 posted on 08/01/2022 7:55:28 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Zenjitsuman

LOL. They send sharks with lazers.


15 posted on 08/01/2022 7:57:36 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Navy Patriot

I don’t trust anything the Russians say. That includes my wife’s relatives in Russia.


16 posted on 08/01/2022 7:58:10 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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Half of U.S.-Made HIMARS in Ukraine Destroyed, Russia Says

Just as true as the previous Ruskie claim they destroyed two of the HIMARS, which U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley said was false.

US denies report that Russia destroyed HIMARS in Ukraine

https://defence-blog.com/us-denies-report-that-russia-destroyed-himars-in-ukraine/

17 posted on 08/01/2022 7:58:15 AM PDT by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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To: Zenjitsuman

No worries. Zelesnky and his wife will have another Vogue photoshoot and fleece us for another $100 billion.


18 posted on 08/01/2022 7:58:59 AM PDT by max americana (Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
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To: Navy Patriot

The Russians can bomb holes in all roads from a given area, trapping a MIMARS in an area.

Then they can zero in on a HIMARS and blow it to bits.


19 posted on 08/01/2022 7:59:04 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Navy Patriot

On video, I saw a Russian tank stop a himars. Some people might think that’s overkill. But, Russia must have thousands more tanks and tens of thousands more tank crew members.


20 posted on 08/01/2022 8:00:34 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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