Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Headed to Ukraine – For weeks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been pleading with the United States and its allies to provide it with the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), an American-developed system that can fire a barrage of rockets hundreds of kilometers, which would be further than any system currently employed by the Ukrainian military. The challenge is, of course, with such a system, Russia may see such an upgrade in Ukraine’s military capabilities and escalate tensions and military action even further. MLRS: Ukraine has Older USSR VersionsUkraine already has in its arsenal a number of Soviet-era MRLS, but the replacement ammunition is only produced en masse in Russia, Newsweek reported. While production of the platform ended in 2003, some 1,300 had been produced, along with more than 700,000 rockets. pic.twitter.com/XwdBfAfEq8 — Defence of Ukraine (@DefenceU) May 26, 2022Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have supported supplying Kyiv with the MLRS.

Source: Forbes May 28, 2022 11:29 UTC