Decoy Himars Missiles Being Manufactured In Ukraine To Draw Russian Fire

The Ukrainian military has made wooden decoys of its advanced “game-changing” HIMARS missile system to trick the Russians into retaliating, according to the Washington Post. “[The Russians] claimed to have hit more HIMARS than we have sent,” a US diplomat told the paper. Russian media have claimed multiple successful hits on US artillery systems since they began appearing on the battlefield in June. In reality, however, it appears that the Kremlin was wasting precious precision munitions on plywood. In the first few weeks after the wooden decoys were installed, the Russians fired at least 10 Kalibr cruise missiles at the fake missile launchers, a senior Ukrainian official told the Washington Post. These successful scams led to an expansion of the program. Through the lens of a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle transmitting targeting information to cruise missiles in the Black Sea, the wooden HIMARS is indistinguishable from the real thing. The Ukrainian military has reportedly been building decoys of the HIMARS missile system to trick Russia into attacking them. Photo by Anastasia Vlasova for The Washington Post via Getty Images “When the UAVs see the battery, it’s like a VIP target,” the official said. In addition to keeping Ukraine’s actual HIMARS systems safe, the decoy ploy has another advantage: it wastes Russian ammunition. Hemmed in by global sanctions and embroiled in a bigger war than it expected, Russia is running out of precision-guided munitions, Western analysts say. According to a US diplomat, the Russians “claimed to have hit more HIMARS than we have sent.” Photo by Anastasia Vlasova for The Washington Post via Getty Images And as Rob Lee, a military analyst at the Institute for Foreign Policy Research, told the Washington Post, “A Kalibr missile fired at a dummy HIMARS target in a field is a missile that cannot be used against a Ukrainian city.”

title: “Decoy Himars Missiles Being Manufactured In Ukraine To Draw Russian Fire Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-31” author: “Shawn Walters”

The Ukrainian military has made wooden decoys of its advanced “game-changing” HIMARS missile system to trick the Russians into retaliating, according to the Washington Post. “[The Russians] claimed to have hit more HIMARS than we have sent,” a US diplomat told the paper. Russian media have claimed multiple successful hits on US artillery systems since they began appearing on the battlefield in June. In reality, however, it appears that the Kremlin was wasting precious precision munitions on plywood. In the first few weeks after the wooden decoys were installed, the Russians fired at least 10 Kalibr cruise missiles at the fake missile launchers, a senior Ukrainian official told the Washington Post. These successful scams led to an expansion of the program. Through the lens of a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle transmitting targeting information to cruise missiles in the Black Sea, the wooden HIMARS is indistinguishable from the real thing. The Ukrainian military has reportedly been building decoys of the HIMARS missile system to trick Russia into attacking them. Photo by Anastasia Vlasova for The Washington Post via Getty Images “When the UAVs see the battery, it’s like a VIP target,” the official said. In addition to keeping Ukraine’s actual HIMARS systems safe, the decoy ploy has another advantage: it wastes Russian ammunition. Hemmed in by global sanctions and embroiled in a bigger war than it expected, Russia is running out of precision-guided munitions, Western analysts say. According to a US diplomat, the Russians “claimed to have hit more HIMARS than we have sent.” Photo by Anastasia Vlasova for The Washington Post via Getty Images And as Rob Lee, a military analyst at the Institute for Foreign Policy Research, told the Washington Post, “A Kalibr missile fired at a dummy HIMARS target in a field is a missile that cannot be used against a Ukrainian city.”

title: “Decoy Himars Missiles Being Manufactured In Ukraine To Draw Russian Fire Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-09” author: “Gregory Martinez”

The Ukrainian military has made wooden decoys of its advanced “game-changing” HIMARS missile system to trick the Russians into retaliating, according to the Washington Post. “[The Russians] claimed to have hit more HIMARS than we have sent,” a US diplomat told the paper. Russian media have claimed multiple successful hits on US artillery systems since they began appearing on the battlefield in June. In reality, however, it appears that the Kremlin was wasting precious precision munitions on plywood. In the first few weeks after the wooden decoys were installed, the Russians fired at least 10 Kalibr cruise missiles at the fake missile launchers, a senior Ukrainian official told the Washington Post. These successful scams led to an expansion of the program. Through the lens of a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle transmitting targeting information to cruise missiles in the Black Sea, the wooden HIMARS is indistinguishable from the real thing. The Ukrainian military has reportedly been building decoys of the HIMARS missile system to trick Russia into attacking them. Photo by Anastasia Vlasova for The Washington Post via Getty Images “When the UAVs see the battery, it’s like a VIP target,” the official said. In addition to keeping Ukraine’s actual HIMARS systems safe, the decoy ploy has another advantage: it wastes Russian ammunition. Hemmed in by global sanctions and embroiled in a bigger war than it expected, Russia is running out of precision-guided munitions, Western analysts say. According to a US diplomat, the Russians “claimed to have hit more HIMARS than we have sent.” Photo by Anastasia Vlasova for The Washington Post via Getty Images And as Rob Lee, a military analyst at the Institute for Foreign Policy Research, told the Washington Post, “A Kalibr missile fired at a dummy HIMARS target in a field is a missile that cannot be used against a Ukrainian city.”

title: “Decoy Himars Missiles Being Manufactured In Ukraine To Draw Russian Fire Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-02” author: “Vivian Ford”

The Ukrainian military has made wooden decoys of its advanced “game-changing” HIMARS missile system to trick the Russians into retaliating, according to the Washington Post. “[The Russians] claimed to have hit more HIMARS than we have sent,” a US diplomat told the paper. Russian media have claimed multiple successful hits on US artillery systems since they began appearing on the battlefield in June. In reality, however, it appears that the Kremlin was wasting precious precision munitions on plywood. In the first few weeks after the wooden decoys were installed, the Russians fired at least 10 Kalibr cruise missiles at the fake missile launchers, a senior Ukrainian official told the Washington Post. These successful scams led to an expansion of the program. Through the lens of a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle transmitting targeting information to cruise missiles in the Black Sea, the wooden HIMARS is indistinguishable from the real thing. The Ukrainian military has reportedly been building decoys of the HIMARS missile system to trick Russia into attacking them. Photo by Anastasia Vlasova for The Washington Post via Getty Images “When the UAVs see the battery, it’s like a VIP target,” the official said. In addition to keeping Ukraine’s actual HIMARS systems safe, the decoy ploy has another advantage: it wastes Russian ammunition. Hemmed in by global sanctions and embroiled in a bigger war than it expected, Russia is running out of precision-guided munitions, Western analysts say. According to a US diplomat, the Russians “claimed to have hit more HIMARS than we have sent.” Photo by Anastasia Vlasova for The Washington Post via Getty Images And as Rob Lee, a military analyst at the Institute for Foreign Policy Research, told the Washington Post, “A Kalibr missile fired at a dummy HIMARS target in a field is a missile that cannot be used against a Ukrainian city.”