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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on August 31, 2022, 12:42:45 pm
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‘Wooden’ HIMARS vs real Russian Kalibr – that’s what WP claims
By TOC on August 30, 2022
WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s defense forces are using wooden decoys in the form of HIMARS for Russian troops to launch long-range cruise missiles to destroy them. This is reported by The Washington Post.
The publication notes that the wooden replicas cannot be distinguished from a real artillery battery, especially through the lens of the drone. “When UAVs see a battery, it looks like a VIP target,” a senior Ukrainian official said.
It is noted that after several weeks of using decoys it was possible to “take out” at least 10 “Kalibr” cruise missiles. This success led Ukraine to expand the production of copies. This is one of many asymmetric tactics used by Ukraine to gain an advantage over the enemy.
The publication also emphasizes that the destruction of such copies of HIMARS may explain the unusually high number of systems “destroyed” by the Russians. They regularly report this in their General Staff briefs. “They claimed to have hit more HIMARS than we even sent,” noted one US diplomat.
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/amp/2022/08/30/wooden-himars-vs-real-russian-kalibr-thats-what-wp-claims/
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Deception is a serious part of war. Suddenly the expenditure of an expensive missile may not be a good investment after all. happy77