Dut on Janka struck ATACMS rockets with 8,000 grenades - Forbes

According to journalists, mobile Himars, among other things, a very media weapon is a symbol of one of the few technological advantages of the Ukrainian army over the Russian Federation. But a recent attack on Dzhanka has become a rare opportunity to prove itself in a clumsy Luxembourg M270. On March 12, US Presidential Administration Joe Baiden unexpectedly handed over $ 300 million to Ukraine - the last party, which was paid for by funds approved by the US Congress. Forbes reports.

Five weeks later, Ukraine found these weapons use. It is reported that the weapon included a small number of long -range M39 missiles, also known as ATACMS. In the evening of Tuesday, April 18, Ukraine used several, and maybe all of the available ATACMS M39 one Russian air base in occupied Crimea. The damage was large -scale. Dzhanko's air base images confirm that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation lost at least four C-400 launchers.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that the missiles also disrupted the C-400 management center and four valuable air defense radars. According to the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies, a regiment of helicopters and three squadrons of assault fighters are flying from Dzhankoya - in total, dozens of units of aviation engineering. However, it is unclear whether a plane was damaged or destroyed on Tuesday evening.

According to Ukraine, "the enemy carefully conceals the number of injured aircraft. " The published video, apparently, depicts seven or eight M39 missiles, which are directed to the night sky, probably in the area of ​​Kherson liberated. Each of the missiles with a radius of about 150 km of almost a thousand sub -grenade -sized. In other words, 8,000 separate grenades fell on the Russian base. Himars wheeled can run one two -ton M39 and M270.

According to journalists, Ukraine usually uses its HIMARS and M270 RSSV platoons of four starting installations, it is likely that the latter have conducted an attack on Dzhankoy. Mobile Himars, among other things, is also a very media weapon - a symbol of one of the few technological benefits of the Ukrainian army over the greater and better funded Russian. The attack last Tuesday became a rare opportunity to prove itself in a clumsy M270.

The first M39 missile party arrived in Ukraine last fall, a few weeks before the Armed Forces funding for the United States stopped. According to journalists, the next party from Ukraine received weapons included only eight ammunition from the 90s. And the platoon M270 released them all by janka with one volley. And, if the loss was as serious as the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine argued, it may be worth launching all M39.

The Armed Forces can be calm, as it is expected that much more ATACMS missiles will come in the near future. All because the speaker of the House of Representatives from the Republican Party, Mike Johnson, finally brings to the vote of the law of Joe Biden's law about $ 61 billion of assistance for Ukraine. Voting is scheduled for Saturday and, apparently, the law will be approved.

Journalists say that there are hundreds of old ATACMS weapons in service, their solid fuel is soon exhausted, so there are no reasons why the White House could not send them to all Ukraine. And there are no reasons why the Armed Forces could not fire any Russian base within 150 km from the front line. Recall that Ukraine used to attack TU-22 three rockets Storm Shadow, two HARM and several C-200.