Russia’s jamming of US-provided rocket systems is complicating Ukraine’s war effort
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 which has been perhaps the most revered and feared piece of weaponry in Ukraine’s fight.
in the game’ to date and the US has committed to sending 20 more. Other NATO allies have donated 10 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, according to the State Department. The routine announcements from the Biden administration of hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid for Ukraine, including one on Wednesday, regularly include
are manufactured by Lockheed Martin, which deferred questions on jamming to the US government. Electronic warfare is carried out by both sides, up and down the front line where there is heavy drone activity used for surveillance and in partnership with artillery targeting. The hardware can also be mounted on or around whatever might be targeted. Depending on the location and strength of the jamming, a rocket can still launch and result in a successful strike with significant damage.
first arrived in Ukraine at the beginning of the summer. Another drone operator in the southern Kherson region claimed to the source that the effectiveness of rockets, according to a daily update from the time reviewed by CNN. ‘Constant tweaking’ A US official familiar with the workarounds said they include updates to the software on both the targeting system software as well the rockets. The senior Pentagon official described it as: “constant tweaking to get them to stay effective,” adding that updates had been made as recently as this week.
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