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New $700 Million Weapons Package For Ukraine Includes HIMARS Launchers, Precision Rockets

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, June 1st, 2022

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New $700 Million Weapons Package For Ukraine Includes HIMARS Launchers, Precision Rockets

A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rocket launch.

The U.S. has approved sending another $700 million in weapons assistance to Ukraine, with the new package including the first delivery of longer-range rocket systems to launch precision-guided munitions. Ukraine will specifically receive four Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) as part of the weapons package, which is the first to be announced under the recently passed $40 billion Ukraine aid supplemental. “Today, I am announcing a significant new security assistance package to provide timely and critical…

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