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RT
January 20, 2018
RIA Novosti cited an YPG source as saying on Friday that “more than 70 artillery rockets” coming from the Turkish side had landed in the Afrin area. Read more. A Turkish army tank drives towards the Turkey-Syria border, August 25, 2016 Afrin knot: How the battle for a small Kurdish enclave could be theÃÂ ...
USNI News
January 18, 2018
How does a HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) battery on a piece of land somewhere get the cueing required to make sure in a comm-contested environment those things can be worked out and still deliver a fires capability? How does that system ashore communicate into [a ship's combatÃÂ ...
Newsweek
January 17, 2018
They are crack infantry specialists running anti-aircraft weapons, artillery, rocket systems and so on.” Compared with official U.S. military contractors, Wagner employees have far less accountability, and analysts say the company's apparent success has come at a high cost. According to fontanka.ru, at leastÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
January 8, 2018
TONGIL CHON, South Korea — North Korea and South Korea held their first high-level talks in two years Tuesday within the Demilitarized Zone — the most heavily guarded border in the world. Artillery, rockets and other weapons line both sides, as well as hundreds of thousands of soldiers. But just over aÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
January 6, 2018
The Battle of Yeonpyeong Island; This little ROK/Nork artillery/rocket dual has been a wee bit mischaracterized. Getting in the weeds/more detailed info;. - Yeonpyeong island is mostly forested and has a small population of civilians (1,780). The main population center (small town) is located on the southernÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
December 22, 2017
How many South Koreans would die in a conventional war's first days from North Korean artillery, rocket, and missile barrages is impossible to say. Casualty estimates cover a wide range - from tens of thousands to a million. Thousands of American residents of South Korea - estimated at about 150,000ÃÂ ...
We Are The Mighty (blog)
December 20, 2017
The M270 Multiple-Launch Rocket System is one of the most impressive pieces of gear in the U.S. military arsenal. It's made our list of possible Zords and it's become an awesome sniper, capable of whacking a target 44 miles away. But let's face it, the MLRS has a couple of drawbacks. What drawbacks, you might wonder,ÃÂ ...
Task & Purpose
December 31, 1999
In October, the task force received a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, which it used to destroy Taliban bomb-making factories and drug labs. The strikes on the drug labs were part of a wider blitz by the U.S. military to choke off the Taliban's financing. Air Force fighters and bombers also attacked theÃÂ ...
Task & Purpose
December 31, 1999
(In the meantime, the State Department announced the sale to Poland of the Patriot Anti-Missile System on Nov. 17 and M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System on Nov. 28 to help restore NATO allies' sense of security while defense contractors whip up their own SHORAD-enabled combat vehicles.).
Digital Journal
December 31, 1999
In terms of type of rockets, the global rockets and missiles market witnessed the most promising business prospects for the segment of artillery rockets in 2016. The segment, venerated for its ability of destroying multitude of enemy weapons such as tanks, naval ships, armored vehicles, and submarines, is expected toÃÂ ...
NavyTimes.com
December 31, 1999
Lance Cpl. Michael Haus, an amphibious assault vehicle crewman with AAV Platoon, Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, sits near the front of his AAV Feb. 23, 2011. (Cpl. Reece Lodder/Marine Corps). For years, the Marine Corps has worked to shift its fighting focus back to the sea and how itÃÂ ...
SEAPOWER Magazine Online
December 31, 1999
Beaudreault noted the recent test firing of a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rocket from the flight deck of an amphibious assault ship. He said the Marines are exploring that as a possible sea-control weapon, but suggested it might be better deployed from an “alternative platforms,” ratherÃÂ ...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
Wang's research reportedly aided in the development of an array of China's artillery weapons, including the WS series multiple-launch artillery rocket system. Such weapons could potentially prove useful if conflict ever came to pass in areas like the Taiwan Strait. The Chinese air force performedÃÂ ...
National Defense Magazine
December 31, 1999
Experimenting with the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is one example of this initiative, he noted, referring to a weapon first created for the Army that launches rockets from vehicles. In October, the Marine Corps worked with the Navy to test the system on an amphibious transport dock and successfullyÃÂ ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
December 31, 1999
... about the risks that a military assault on North Korea would pose, they told us that a ground invasion would be necessary to destroy North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's nuclear sites and noted that the Seoul metropolitan area's 25 million inhabitants were well within range of North Korean artillery, rockets,ÃÂ ...
Second Line of Defense
December 6, 2017
12/05/17: U.S. Marines with Battery R, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division launch a rocket from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) off the USS Anchorage (LPD-23) during Exercise Dawn Blitz, Oct. 22, 2017. Dawn Blitz 17 allows the amphibious force to integrate the F-35B Lightning II and ...
Channel NewsAsia
December 6, 2017
Assets include 10 F-15SG fighter jets, 10 F-16C/D fighter jets and six Apache attack helicopters, with a record six High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) being reintroduced. This hardware comes with new assets. Air force personnel transporting a 500-pound bomb. (Photo: Aqil Haziq Mahmud).
The Straits Times
December 6, 2017
For instance, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or Himars, will be able to fire guided M31 Unitary rockets at multiple targets at once, up from one target previously. A Himars battery deployed for the first time in the Forging Sabre series will also feature a new command post that facilitates on-the-go ...
War Is Boring
December 5, 2017
In addition, the LRPF will fire from two existing Army launchers, the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System and the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System. Lockheed statements say their emerging prototype missile system includes a pod container and a fully integrated surface-to-surface guided missile ...
CNN
December 1, 2017
They also noted that Seoul and its 25 million residents are only 35 miles from the border and well within range of North Korean artillery, rockets, and ballistic missiles. The former deputy commander of US Forces Korea, Lt. Gen. Jan-Marc Jouas, also wrote to us to convey his concerns and cautioned that ...
IHS Jane's 360
November 30, 2017
The US State Department has approved the sale of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to Poland under the Foreign Military Sales programme, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced on 28 November. The sale, including related support and equipment, is worth USD250 million.
WCPO
November 20, 2017
... aircraft in the region, said the US Marine Corps also operated long-range High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems in support of the operation.
Newsweek
November 9, 2017
He said it would take "days" to eliminate North Korean artillery, rockets and missiles that threaten the South Korean capital of Seoul, which is ...
CBS Local
November 8, 2017
The unit members launched over 800 precision rockets, the highest rate of any High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System unit since the beginning of ...
Gillette News Record
November 7, 2017
... is evaluating North Korea's ability to target heavily populated areas of South Korea with long-range artillery, rockets and ballistic missiles.
Al-Arabiya
November 7, 2017
Human Rights Watch has documented the Houthi-Saleh forces' indiscriminate launching of short-range unguided artillery rockets from northern ...
Popular Mechanics
November 7, 2017
... and South Korean forces to respond to North Korean artillery, rockets, and ballistic missiles with their own retaliatory barrage and airstrikes.
Scout
November 4, 2017
... successful intercept can at rare best destroy explosive warheads carried by artillery rockets, not pieces of debris from the artillery rocket itself, ...
The Drive
November 3, 2017
... we were putting some kind of fire on ISIS in Raqqa, whether it was mortars, artillery, rockets, [High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems], Hellfires, ...
Popular Mechanics
October 30, 2017
... 5.92 feet wide, and 24.17 feet long, and the problem of designing a vehicle that can withstand the recoil of firing long range artillery rockets.
The National Interest Online (blog)
October 28, 2017
... Can Now Crush Enemies with Guided Artillery Rockets from the Sea ... The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is no ...
Business Insider
October 26, 2017
Marines HIMARS missile system launch A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System being tested on an amphibious ship. US Navy/YouTube.
Defenseworld.net
October 25, 2017
US Marines conducted a firing of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) from the deck of an amphibious transport dock, scoring a ...
Task & Purpose
October 25, 2017
The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is no longer reserved for bombarding the bejesus out of ISIS militants in Syria from ...
The Drive
October 24, 2017
But Marines using of artillery rockets and other weapons while still on board .... “We know we can shoot HIMARS [High Mobility Artillery Rocket ...
Imperial Valley News
October 23, 2017
Unique to this year's exercise is the integration of the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) to ...
Scout
October 23, 2017
The idea is to blanket an area with large numbers of small projectiles to intercept and destroy incoming artillery, rocket or mortar fire. As an area ...
NBC 7 San Diego
October 23, 2017
This year's exercise includes the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) to conduct a sea-based ...
Russian Peacekeeper
October 19, 2017
The Iskander-M is designed to destroy battlefield targets such as artillery, rocket launchers, command and communications centers and aircraft ...
The Epoch Times
October 18, 2017
The Iskander-M is designed to destroy battlefield targets such as artillery, rocket launchers, command and communications centers, and aircraft ...
Magnoliareporter
October 13, 2017
Launched from a soldier-manned High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher, the ATACMS missile flew approximately 140Â ...
Second Line of Defense
October 12, 2017
... Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Bragg, NC and two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, Sept.
Defenseworld.net
October 12, 2017
Launched from a Soldier-manned High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher, the ATACMS missile flew approximately 140Â ...
The Drive
October 11, 2017
... the U.S. Army's and Marine Corps's existing truck-mounted High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS). Manned and unmanned scouts, ...
Aviation Week
October 11, 2017
The Pentagon has selected Lockheed Martin to upgrade the U.S. Army's long-range artillery rocket to strike moving targets both on land and at ...
The Denver Channel
October 1, 2017
The unit employed the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System to support partnered maneuver elements in Iraq and Syria.” "These Soldiers made ...
Chicago Tribune
October 1, 2017
Ships that ferried artillery rockets and tank parts to distant ports changed their names and registry papers so they could sail under a foreign flag.
IHS Jane's 360
September 28, 2017
Spanish engineering house Escribano is developing a new, add-on semi-active laser terminal guidance section for integration with ...
Yonhap News
September 21, 2017
... the U.S. Army's website shows HIMARS artillery rockets being fired. (Yonhap). The training involved the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System ...
Xinhua
September 21, 2017
The joint drill, the statement said, demonstrated the unit's capabilities, including the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and ...
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