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New US Assistance Package For Ukraine Includes Additional HIMARS

New US Assistance Package For Ukraine Includes Additional HIMARS
A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rocket launch.

The U.S. on Monday announced a new $100 million security assistance package for Ukraine that includes an additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and related ammunition, marking the 51st package of equipment to be withdrawn from Defense Department inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. Ukraine already operates 20 Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built HIMARS, which are firing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, and more recently, a variant of the ATACMS missile. Its unclear whether the additional HIMARS system is to replace…

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