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Ukrainian soldiers embedded in a trench on the front line in the Lugansk region. AFP
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A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars) rocket fired by US forces during live-fire exercises in the Philippines. Reuters
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The Himars is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s. EPA
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Himars rockets are fired during US military exercises in Morocco. AFP
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Ukrainian soldiers ride on a vehicle carrying a rocket launcher in eastern Ukraine. AFP
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A vehicle fires the Himars during combat training in Yakima, Washington state. The Olympian / AP
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A soldier stands in the ruins of Mariupol's theatre, destroyed in Russian shelling. AFP
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A Himars rocket launcher displayed at the 2021 Dubai Airshow. AFP
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A Ukrainian soldier stands outside a school hit by Russian artillery in the village of Zelenyi Hai. AFP
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US military personnel stand by a Himars vehicle during a defence show in Saudi Arabia. AFP
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A US Himars is unloaded during military exercises in Latvia. EPA
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Ukrainian soldiers embedded in a trench on the front line in the Lugansk region. AFP
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A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars) rocket fired by US forces during live-fire exercises in the Philippines. Reuters
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The Himars is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s. EPA
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Himars rockets are fired during US military exercises in Morocco. AFP
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Ukrainian soldiers ride on a vehicle carrying a rocket launcher in eastern Ukraine. AFP
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A vehicle fires the Himars during combat training in Yakima, Washington state. The Olympian / AP
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A soldier stands in the ruins of Mariupol's theatre, destroyed in Russian shelling. AFP
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A Himars rocket launcher displayed at the 2021 Dubai Airshow. AFP
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A Ukrainian soldier stands outside a school hit by Russian artillery in the village of Zelenyi Hai. AFP
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US military personnel stand by a Himars vehicle during a defence show in Saudi Arabia. AFP
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A US Himars is unloaded during military exercises in Latvia. EPA
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Ukrainian soldiers embedded in a trench on the front line in the Lugansk region. AFP
New $550m in US military aid to Ukraine includes more Himars ammunition
US has committed about $6.9bn in security assistance to Kyiv since Russian invasion began in February
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01 August, 2022
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