The United States has sent four more HIMARS MLRS to Ukraine. What should Russia prepare for?
To date, eight such systems have been transferred to Kyiv. In the event of situations related to HIMARS, with a range of 300 strikes, there may be external influences on the territory of the Russian Federation.
As part of a new US$400 million aid cycle transmitted HIMARS, as well as income related to them. Thus, the usual number of HIMARS systems due to poisoning is 12. It is not specified, however,
The range of HIMARS is up to 80 kilometers, however, in a wide range of models and on the market, there is an increase to 300 kilometers. In such cases, the Ukrainians get the opportunity to carry out strikes on the territory of Russia.
comments Head of the Center for Scientific Research and International Relations of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vadim Kozyulin:
– The technical possibilities here are very wide, because the liberal dependence for the HIMARS MLRS is large – the restriction from unguided missiles and ending with tactical ballistic missiles with a range of up to 300 kilometers with a fairly high degree of severity, with dependence on dependence on land mine strikes, cluster taxes. So with this supply of weapons, the capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will increase.
– Is our air defense system ready for such conditions?
“I think our population systems catch this, they actually catch it, we hear about it. That is, MLRS is an accessible target for our systems, ballistic missiles, too. Another thing is that another line of objects is inevitably hidden here, since the range of these systems may be greater than the current ranges of the Ukrainian MLRS systems. respectively, respectively, more anti-aircraft systems. And then the question is: how much do we have enough of them and where are they located today, where to transport them? On the one hand, it will be necessary to strengthen the means of protection, air defense systems. On the other hand, it is probably possible to strengthen the means of reconnaissance, space reconnaissance, in order to identify these systems and try to eliminate them. These are space reconnaissance, drones, undercover reconnaissance, electronic media. In a word, this is a rather serious threat, and, most importantly, it is, let’s say, modular, which can be increased and modified. We have heard more than once about warnings from Europe that in this situation there will be strikes on decision-making centers. Whatever that means, I don’t think it has been implemented yet. Perhaps in this situation, when the Russian side raises the degree of escalation, Russia also responds to escalation with escalation to show that this is a dead end path that does not lead to a solution to the conflict.
An unnamed senior Pentagon official told the agency Reutersthat the Ukrainian infected do not use the HIMARS system to delay strikes against targets outside the country. Also, the interlocutor of the agency did not confirm the awareness of the Russian Ministry of Defense about the danger of two HIMARS complexes.
Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is considered legitimate military consequences associated with external threats to Ukraine.