![]() Ukraine has since clamored for longer-range missiles that can also be launched by the HIMARS and could reach up to 300 kilometers (190 miles) away. In the fall counteroffensive, the HIMARS - which currently give troops the capability to strike a target up to 80 kilometers (50 miles) away and then quickly move on - were used to destroy bridges near the southern city of Kherson, cutting Russian troops off from one another and their supply routes. ![]() A support package with spares for tanks and infantry fighting vehicles already in Ukrainian service.One sophisticated U.S.-made rocket launcher sent to Ukraine has received a lot of attention - and for good reason: High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems gave Kyiv’s forces the ability to hit targets farther away and with much greater accuracy than Soviet-designed ones.Hundreds of "sophisticated missiles," which will include 227mm Guided Multiple Launch System (GMLRS) rockets that can be fired from M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and variants and derivatives of the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Starstreak surface-to-air missiles, and examples of an unknown type of "medium range air defense missile.".Dozens of uncrewed aerial systems, specifically "to support Ukrainian artillery.".A maneuver support package "that includes minefield breaching and bridging capabilities.".Hundreds of other armored vehicles, including an unspecified number of FV432 Mk 3 Bulldogs.A battery of eight AS-90s self-propelled howitzers, with plans already to send two additional batteries worth of these mobile guns in the near future (Ukraine is expected to receive 30 in total).Around 14 Challenger 2 tanks together with armored recovery and repair vehicles (equivalent to one British Army armored squadron).
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