Alwaght- The US government secretly modified the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) units it sent to the Kiev regime so they can’t be used to fire long-range missiles into Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The HIMARS rocket systems has become one of the most frequently used long-range weapons systems in Kiev’s arsenal, with at least three dozen of the units having reportedly been transferred to Ukrainian military so far.
When US President Joe Biden announced the Pentagon would be sending HIMARS units to the Ukrainian regime at the end of May, he insisted the systems would only be used for defensive purposes, and that the administration was “not going to send to Ukraine rocket systems that strike into Russia.”
In October, Lockheed Martin — the US-based weapons behemoth responsible for manufacturing HIMARS — announced they were ramping up production of the rocket launchers from 60 to 96 units per year.
The US has supplied Kiev with 20 HIMARS since June; however, military aid to Ukraine has also included the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System which can be loaded with twice as many missiles and carry the same suite of munitions as the HIMARS.
