Ukraine's air-defense problems are letting Russia launch HIMARS-style deep strikes behind the front lines

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A Iskander-M missile launcher performs during the International Military-Technical Forum
A Iskander-M missile launcher performs during the International Military-Technical Forum "Army 2022" at Kubinka military training ground in Moscow, Russia on August 17, 2022.

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9 of Ukraine's deadliest strikes that killed scores of Russians with a single blow — US HIMARS and ATACMS take a toll

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A destroyed Russian tank in Bucha, Ukraine, in 2022.

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Short on rockets, Ukraine has had to get 'more selective' with its HIMARS attacks, soldier says

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A HIMARS rocket launching.
A M142 HIMARS launches a rocket on the Bakhmut direction on May 18, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Russian troops are said to be gathering in large groups, allowing them to be targeted by drones and taken out by missiles: ISW

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M142 HIMARS launches a rocket on Russian position on December 29, 2023 in Unspecified, Ukraine.

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Ukraine hit a company of Russian troops with HIMARS while they waited around for a visiting general

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A HIMARS rocket launching.
A M142 HIMARS launches a rocket on the Bakhmut direction on May 18, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Ukraine needs different weapons to blunt Russia's artillery fire advantages because HIMARS aren't enough anymore, war experts say

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Ukrainian soldiers fire with the Archer Artillery System on Russian position on January 3, 2024 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers fire with the Archer Artillery System on Russian position on January 3, 2024 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Video shows Ukraine using HIMARS to destroy a Russian thermobaric weapon launcher hidden in a forest

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A fireball and large plume of smokes among trees in an aerial shot filmed from a drone
A still from the Command of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine's video that purports to show a TOS-1A being blown up with HIMARS.

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When critical equipment broke in a firefight, Ukrainian soldiers used their belts to load the 620-pound rockets needed to keep killing Russia's tanks: book

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Ukrainian artillery unit fires with a BM-27 Uragan, a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher, at a position near a frontline in Donetsk region on August 27, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian artillery unit fires with a BM-27 Uragan, a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher, at a position near a frontline in Donetsk region on August 27, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Ukraine's successful ATACMS strike shows Russia's willingness to 'take it on the chin' when Kyiv gets new weapons

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Screenshot of General Valerii Zaluzhnyi's footage of an ATACMS launch on Tuesday.
A screenshot from footage of an ATACMS launch released by the Ukrainian military.

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ATACMS missiles could push back Russia's lethal helicopter force, but Ukraine will need perfect timing to pull it off

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Army Tactical Missile System.
An Army Tactical Missile System.

US military photo by John Hamilton

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