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The US secretly modified HIMARS rocket launchers sent to Ukraine to stop them being fired deep into Russia and escalating the war, Pentagon officials say
2022-12-06
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Limited the range to 45 miles, from 200, for technology protection reasons, I'd guess.
  • Officials say US modified missile launcher to prevent it firing long-range rockets

  • The HIMARS launcher is credited as a game changer after being sent to Ukraine

  • But Russia has repeatedly warned it risked crossing a 'red line' in the conflict

  • The launcher can fire missiles with a range of 200 miles

  • But officials said the system had been limited to shorter range weapons
Posted by:Skidmark

#3  Well, that piece of planning worked out well for ya, dint it?
Posted by: ed in texas   2022-12-06 19:20  

#2  Meanwhile Putie's forces keep hitting targets pretty much anywhere in the Ukraine to include Kiev.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-12-06 07:58  

#1  The launcher can fire missiles with a range of 200 miles

Moscow is about 200 miles from the eastern Ukraine border.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-12-06 00:52  

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