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U.S. To Send Four More HIMARS Launchers To Ukraine In New $450 Million Weapons Package

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, June 23rd, 2022

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U.S. To Send Four More HIMARS Launchers To Ukraine In New $450 Million Weapons Package

A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rocket launch.

The U.S. has approved sending another $450 million in weapons to Ukraine, including the delivery of four more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS). The latest security assistance package to aid Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s ongoing invasion, the 13th such drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories, also includes 36,000 rounds of 105mm ammunition, 18 tactical vehicles to tow howitzers, 1,200 grenade launchers, 2,000 machine guns and 18 coastal and riverine patrol boats. Thursday’s announcement arrived as Oleksii Reznikov,…

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