‘The Russians have nothing equivalent’: How HIMARS help Ukraine

In this image from 2003, A US Marine watches a HIMARS rocket attack on Taliban positions in Afghanistan [John Moore/Getty Images]

The M142 HIMARS, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems supplied to Ukraine by the United States, have become a symbol of Russian vulnerability.

In the occupied southern Kherson oblast, posters appeared in July featuring a picture of a HIMARS system and words threatening retribution on the Russians for “looting, killing, rape, destruction”.