President Joe Biden announced in an op-ed Tuesday evening that he has decided to send advanced rocket systems to Ukraine, marking an increased capacity for Ukrainian forces to hit Russian targets as well as deeper U.S. support in the war.
He argued that the war will end with negotiations and Ukraine should be in the “strongest possible position” at the negotiating table. He said, “I’ve decided that we will provide the Ukrainians with more advanced rocket systems and munitions that will enable them to more precisely strike key targets on the battlefield in Ukraine.”
The systems reportedly are the mobile artillery launchers known as Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), which have a farther range than the systems Ukraine has now and can move on tracks, as well as light multiple rocket launchers known as High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), which have…
