[Goose]

The Russians have been ordered to try to target the HIMARS, which suggests they have been effective.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-orde...lewebshare

BC

It also suggests that if they had to be ordered to do that there are many more screws loose in their organization than we suspected. Seriously, the HIMARS were bound to be effective. That was never really a question. They will be even more effective if/when there are more of them. It is much easier to train people to use a HIMARS than to use an M777. Maintenance on both systems is not difficult but you do need to RTFM, which is hard if you don't speak the language well. Hopefully the pacing item on more HIMARS is training and not the US lack of urgency. FWIW, I believe (surprise, surprise) it is the latter.

[Goose]

The Russians have been ordered to try to target the HIMARS, which suggests they have been effective.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-orde...lewebshare

BC

It also suggests that if they had to be ordered to do that there are many more screws loose in their organization than we suspected. Seriously, the HIMARS were bound to be effective. That was never really a question. They will be even more effective if/when there are more of them. It is much easier to train people to use a HIMARS than to use an M777. Maintenance on both systems is not difficult but you do need to RTFM, which is hard if you don't speak the language well. Hopefully the pacing item on more HIMARS is training and not the US lack of urgency. FWIW, I believe (surprise, surprise) it is the latter.