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Ukraine also uses Uragan and Smerch, but russia has bombed Ukraine's rocket factories and as no allied nation produces Uragan or Smerch rockets, Ukraine desperately needs M270 and/or M142 launchers with their more accurate missiles.
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The M26 series were unguided, cluster munitions rockets. The US Army acquired 506,718 and used around 17,000.
The M26 and the extended range M26A2 were carrying M77 submunitions, which had a fail rate of more than 5%. The M26A1 was an extended range version of the M26
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Already in 2007 the US Army had begun a program to dismantle its M26 rockets by 2019 and by 2012 98,904 M26s had been dismantled.
In 2017 the Trump administration canceled the Bush administration's cluster munitions policy and as of 2022 it is unknown if - and if yes,
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how many - M26 rockets are are still in US possession. However the US Army (and all NATO allies) have no M26 rockets in their active stockpiles for at least the last 10 years.
The M28 series are a reduced range practice rounds of no interest to us.
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but because of the 2% fail rate of the M101 cluster munitions the army stopped buying the M30 in 2009 and focused on developing the M30A1.
All M30s cluster warheads were scheduled to be replaced by M30A1 Alternative Warheads by 2019.
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As of 2022 it is unclear if, and if yes how many, M30 missiles are still in the US arsenal.
The M31 and M31A1 are variants of the M30 GMLRS missile with unitary high-explosive warheads.
Lockheed Martin produces about 11,000 M30A1 and M31A1 GMLRS missiles per year, and the
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• M39 - with M74 cluster munitions (the "steel rain" of Desert Storm) - only non GPS-guided ATACMS
• M39A1 - longer range, GPS-guided M39 variant with reduced M74 payload
The Army planned to have both either dismantled or rebuilt as M57 by 2020.
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• M48 - with unitary warhead, 176 produced in 2001-04, of which 58 were used during OEF/OIF
• M57 - with unitary warhead, improved CEP, and new fuze, 513 produced 2004-13, 47 used
It is likely only the M57 (new and rebuilt M39/M39A1) remain in the US military's arsenal.
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As of 2022 Lockheed is in the process of modernizing the ATACMS missiles to extend their service life until the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) enters service in 2027.
All of this tells us that Ukraine will receive M30A1, M31, and M31A1 missiles.
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Part II of this thread - including maps about how the situation at the front will change with the arrival of M270A1 or M142 systems - begins with this tweet:
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Wow, man, this is outstanding thread, thank you for this brief introduction to US MLRS and rockets to them, maybe war it is not the best time to learn but it is very interesting to read about, thanks! 
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Is there a way to automate likes to your twits?
Never seen anything not to like and fed up by pressing likes 
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get a secretary 
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I am not into millitary too much but I have spotted and appreciated word "Russian" written with a small letter 
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Thank you very much!
Learned much!
Great thread on M270 MLRS and M142 HIMARS!
MLRS in a nutshell!
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Nah, it’s 20+ year old tech that has been exported to numerous countries. The Rockets and missiles have seen the most significant upgrades. Russia is just using 40-50 year old tech.
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Смеялся с "ржавых" ракет и "оптических прицелов", КВО 5 метров для системы залпового огня (но при этом применяем кассетные боеголовки), и многого другого.
И автор забыл сравнить стоимость двух видов систем, стоимость боеприпасов, стоимость обслуживания и переподготовки персонала.
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"M142 fire GPS-guided missiles"
What about russian GPS jamming? Did they succeed with it? Any info?
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The Russians can successfully jam civilian GPS, mostly causing problems to repurposed civilian drones.
Military GPS is much more resistant and I doubt the Russians have the capability to jam it in widespread areas for longer time.
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