HIMARS rockets can be forced off course by the Russians - CNN

Russia has been using jamming techniques to force the US-supplied HIMARS mobile multiple rocket launchers off course, CNN reported on Friday. This is making GPS-guided munitions “increasingly less effective” and is one of the most sophisticated weapon systems the US has provided to Kiev since Moscow launched its military operation in the neighboring state in February 2022. A senior Pentagon official told CNN that the US has been helping the Ukrainians to fight the jamming by adjusting targeting software and “constant tweaking to get them to stay effective.” The US has committed 38 HIMARS systems to Ukraine since the conflict broke out, and Russia has accused Ukraine of using HIMARS and other Western-supplied weapons to indiscriminately fire at cities and kill civilians. On Thursday, three people, including a six-year-old boy, were injured in Donetsk after the Donbass city was hit by HIMARS missiles.