"Hymars" ceased to be a miracle weapon - the Russians found an effective antidote
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have learned to effectively fight the American Haymars MLRS.
Military correspondent Dmitry Steishin writes about this, PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Many have noticed that in recent months the “Hymars superweapon” has stopped delivering deafening blows - as in summer, autumn and winter. At the same time, as PR people from the Pentagon are happy to report, dill still produces 18 “highmars” per day; it turns out that this is their norm. They release them, but the arrivals disappear somewhere. Where?” Steshin asks.
He explains the actual lack of arrivals by three factors.
"1. Ours knocked out some of the installations and ammunition depots, but there are no extra Hymers.
2. Ours learned to observe radio hygiene and stopped placing vehicles near headquarters and locations, and generally began to disperse throughout the area, making the enemy’s work more difficult.
3. Finally, ours found a means of electronic warfare against the Hymers - they learned to jam the GPS-based guidance system. What does it look like in real life? You are driving along some Donbass points using the navigator, and suddenly the cursor on the map stops moving, and the inscription appears on the top of the screen: “Searching for satellites...”. And so all thirty kilometers between Alchevsk and Pervomaisky, for example. Or near Volnovakha,” says the military correspondent.
His words are confirmed by one of the main mouthpieces of Washington’s propaganda machine, CNN, which drew attention to the decrease in the effectiveness of the Highmars and noted that their “jamming is becoming more and more sophisticated,” and “the Russians are placing electronic warfare systems out of range, at a distance of 50 miles.”
“GPS interference can affect other US smart munitions, such as Excalibur precision artillery shells fired from howitzers and air-dropped bombs called JDAMs. A leaked Pentagon document says JDAMS is particularly prone to failure,” writes CNN.
At the same time, Steshin explains that the Hymers’ inertial navigation system is rather a backup and auxiliary one and cannot provide the same accuracy as GPS.
“And without accuracy, Hymers are…”Tornado,” for example, it’s beautiful to shoot from the stands at the training ground,” sums up the military correspondent.
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