The United States, which has announced the deployment of four HIMARS high-precision artillery systems to Ukraine, wants to make sure the Ukrainian military is able to handle them properly before sending them more, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday. .
“HIMARS is an ‘advanced’ system, these boys need to be ‘certified, to be sure they know how to use these systems properly,'” the general said on the plane that took him to Washington after a tour of Europe.
His pilots, conservators, officers and non-commissioned officers must be trained, he explained to reporters who accompanied him.
The White House announced last week the deployment of four HIMARS (light multi-role multi-role launchers adapted to light armor), a number corresponding to a squadron of about 30 U.S. troops in the armed forces.
Britain then announced the deployment of similar MLRS systems, rocket launchers adapted to heavier crawler armor.
The limited number of HIMARS and MLRS to be sent has drawn criticism as Ukrainians face major difficulties in Donbas, where Russian forces are “more and stronger”, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The head of the US staff, however, assured that this is an option that was decided in coordination with Kyiv to supply “a squadron” of Ukrainian artillery “every time”.
With the MLRS that will be sent by the British and another country, which he did not name, “in a few weeks, they will have a complete artillery”, that is, two degrees, he noted. “And we will continue on that basis later, depending on the decisions of the White House,” he added.
Russia on Monday warned Western countries against supplying long-range rocket launchers to Kyiv.
Military experts point out that the range of HIMARS and MLRS is much larger than that of similar Russian systems, which would allow Ukrainian forces to conduct artillery operations (ie against elements of their opponents’ artillery) while staying out of Russian .
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