The Ukrainian military would use wooden decoys to trick Russian forces into bombing decoys.
The Ukrainian army has been duping the Russian forces for several weeks Himar’s rocket launcher Fool? According to the Washington Post, the answer is affirmative.
Our colleagues claim that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have developed wooden structures that take Russian drones for Himars. “When the drones see them, they think they are prime targets,” a Ukrainian official told the Washington Post.
With that, the Russians would have already launched a dozen Kalibr cruise missileparticularly expensive, on those targets that aren’t.
This may explain why in recent months Moscow has repeatedly claimed to have destroyed Himars, where Kyiv regularly points out that its arsenal of rocket launchers is still intact. “The Russians say they have already deactivated more Himars than we sent to Ukraine,” an American diplomat told the Washington Post.
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According to the Pentagon, the 16 himars provided to Kyiv by the United States since the start of the Russian invasion are still operational.
These missile systems render a great service to Ukrainian troops on the battlefield. They have a range of 80 kilometers, more than Russian weapons of the same type, and offer high firing accuracy. “The Himars are clearly game-changing equipment in this war,” a Ukrainian soldier said last July. To the point of urging Ukrainian officials to develop the strategy of wooden bait to preserve their arsenal.
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