Monday, May 29, 2023
Rainbow Radio
  • Home
  • General News
  • Governance
  • Sports
  • Politics
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Economy
  • Home
  • General News
  • Governance
  • Sports
  • Politics
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Economy
No Result
View All Result
Rainbow Radio Online
Home General News

Ukraine may soon get US long-range MLRS rocket system

May 30, 2022

The US government appears close to sending a long-range multiple-rocket system (MLRS) to Ukraine.

Russia sees such deliveries of heavy weapons as a provocative escalation.

RelatedPosts

SA hospital probed for placing newborns in boxes

Remove all taxes on menstrual products to make it more accessible – NGO

Ukraine war: Explosions heard in Kyiv after intense drone attacks

President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials have urged delivery of the MLRS to counter Russia’s heavy bombardments in the eastern Donbas region.

Russia continues to pound Severodonetsk and other parts of Donbas with rockets, tanks and air strikes.

Kyiv’s forces are already using US-delivered M777 howitzers, which have a range of about 25km (16 miles). But the MLRS would allow Ukraine to reach targets much further away than that.

An M270 MLRS battery can fire a range of munitions, with the most advanced able to hit targets up to 300km (186 miles) away. However, it can also fire shorter-range rockets with a range of around 70km (43 miles).

Limiting Ukraine to the smaller rockets could be a way for the US to avoid escalating the conflict, while still significantly improving Ukraine’s arsenal.

A senior US official quoted by the Washington Post said the White House was comfortable with giving Ukraine the MLRS, but would withhold the longest range weapons compatible with the system.

There are concerns that Ukraine could use the system to hit targets inside Russia, and such action would risk drawing the US and its Nato allies into direct conflict with Moscow.

Key details of MLRS system

The UK also has the MLRS. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Ukraine should get the rockets “to defend themselves against this very brutal Russian artillery”, but he did not say the UK would supply them.

The US used the MLRS to destroy major Iraqi targets in the 1990-91 Gulf War and in 2003.

Russia sees ‘proxy war’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of “pumping up the Ukrainian nationalists with weapons”.

He said the West was “waging a proxy war” against Russia which, he warned, would mean “inevitable escalation”.

Last week, a presenter on Russian state TV said the US would be crossing a “red line” by supplying the MLRS to Ukraine, and it would be seen as an attempt to “provoke a very harsh response from Russia”.

In an extra move to defend Ukraine’s key Black Sea port – Odesa – Denmark has supplied Harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles, with a range of about 130km (70 nautical miles).

Ukraine can deploy them alongside its own Neptune missiles, credited with having sunk Russia’s flagship cruiser Moskva last month.

Russian TOS-1 rockets being fired (file pic)
Image caption,Russian multiple-rocket batteries are pounding Ukrainian forces

Russian long-range missiles have struck railway facilities, oil depots and other infrastructure in western Ukraine – seen partly as an effort to thwart Western arms deliveries.

Meanwhile, Russia is reported to have fired its latest multiple-rocket system against Ukrainian targets in the Kharkiv area – a weapon described as a giant flamethrower. Its use was reported by Tass news agency, quoting a Russian security official.

The TOS-2 Tosochka is a thermobaric fuel-air weapon: it creates a massive explosion by igniting a gas cloud on impact, depriving anyone in the area of oxygen.

Russia has also inflicted heavy damage on Ukrainian cities using long-range cruise missiles, some fired from warships.

line

Source: BBC

ShareTweetShareShare

Related Posts

JC

SA hospital probed for placing newborns in boxes

May 29, 2023
more-yazz

Remove all taxes on menstrual products to make it more accessible – NGO

May 29, 2023
KYV

Ukraine war: Explosions heard in Kyiv after intense drone attacks

May 29, 2023
k905

Dr. Afriyie Akoto picks nomination forms today

May 29, 2023
faceless_doctor

Landlord ejects Karlo Health Centre over unpaid rent

May 29, 2023
Akufo-Addo-farms-600x375

All projects that were stalled due to the IMF deal will soon resume – Prez

May 29, 2023

Recent News

JC

SA hospital probed for placing newborns in boxes

May 29, 2023
Afriyie-Akoto

Afriyie Akoto will win this Prez Primaries and it will shock you – Spokesperson

May 29, 2023
more-yazz

Remove all taxes on menstrual products to make it more accessible – NGO

May 29, 2023
KYV

Ukraine war: Explosions heard in Kyiv after intense drone attacks

May 29, 2023
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest

Rainbow Radio expands its platform presence on 92.4Fm in UK

September 5, 2022

Something drastic must be done about prices of property in Ghana-Lawyer

June 14, 2021
qz

The appreciation of the cedi against the dollar will be short-lived so don’t over jubilate – Haruna to gov’t

December 17, 2022
z455

Bui Power Authority calls for partnership to do more on climate change program at COP27

November 22, 2022

Hello world!

JC

SA hospital probed for placing newborns in boxes

travel4

Washington prepares for Donald Trump’s big moment

travel1

CS:GO ELeague Major pools and tournament schedule announced

JC

SA hospital probed for placing newborns in boxes

May 29, 2023
Afriyie-Akoto

Afriyie Akoto will win this Prez Primaries and it will shock you – Spokesperson

May 29, 2023
more-yazz

Remove all taxes on menstrual products to make it more accessible – NGO

May 29, 2023
KYV

Ukraine war: Explosions heard in Kyiv after intense drone attacks

May 29, 2023

Stay Connected test

  • 123 Followers
  • 20.2k Followers
  • 191k Subscribers
  • 23.8k Followers
  • 99 Subscribers
Rainbow Radio Online

© 2022 Rainbow Radio International

Navigate Site

  • General News
  • World
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Politics
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • Economy
  • Odd News
  • Culture
  • Lifestyle
  • Lifestyle
  • Governance
  • Technology

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result

© 2022 Rainbow Radio International

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
Go to mobile version