to be used against Russian convoys.
From: link
During the same ABMS experiment, another C-17 was equipped with an enhanced, beyond-line-of-sight communication capability. The Globemaster III was carrying an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, and the advanced sensors and communication equipment passed along targeting information to the artillery system in flight. The system was "spun up" the entire time it was on the aircraft, and the C-17's data retargeted it so when the aircraft landed, the HIMARS rolled off ready to fire "in a fraction of the time it normally did,"
"When it got off the airplane, it could immediately employ, and if you wanted to, [you could] roll it right back on to the C-17 and take off out of there before an enemy can determine its location, all because we had beyond-line-of-sight capability,"
HIMARS 80km range: link
This is an example of what would happen to the Russian column: YouTube link
The US can "sell" two launchers and a C-17 to Ukraine and get some of their people familiarized on it. A C-17 with Ukrainian insignia delivers the units at night (appropriate SAM and fighter cover) about 50-60km from the target. The units roll off with Ukrainian personnel and US private "contractors" to guide them. The rockets are fired and them immediately loaded back on the C-17 for the next night.
Has anyone games this out?
Wolfhag
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