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The Kyiv regime complains that the Russians knock down GPS targeting systems of US-supplied HIMARS rockets.
“Ukrainian military officials, with the US’ help, have had to come up with a variety of different workarounds as it continues to use the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) which has been perhaps the most revered and feared piece of weaponry in Ukraine’s fight.
The medium-range rocket systems were hailed as a game changer in the conflict and have played a key role since the moment they arrived in Ukraine last summer, including in last year’s offensive that allowed Ukraine to take back significant swaths of territory from Russia.
But in recent months, the systems have been rendered increasingly less effective by the Russians’ intensive blocking, five US, British and Ukrainian sources tell CNN, forcing US and Ukrainian officials to find ways to tweak the HIMARS’ software to counter the evolving Russian jamming efforts,” CNN claimed citing ‘multiple people briefed on matter’.
The allegedly leaked secret Pentagon documents cited by CNN also show that the United States helped Kyiv to detect Russian jammers and this is a “high priority” work.
GPS interference also affects other “smart” weapons supplied by the United States, such as Excalibur artillery shells and JDAM guided bombs, CNN added.
It should be noted that the increase of the usage of Russian EW systems in the conflict is an open secret. In particular, recently reports appeared that the Russians have carried out large-scale tests of EW systems in the region of Moscow.
