American publication with reference to a Ukrainian report: Excalibur shells and HIMARS missiles are effective, but Russian electronic warfare has made them much less accurate
The American edition of the Washington Post published an article presenting reports on the work of the Western weapons in Ukraine. Moreover, the reports were prepared by the Ukrainian military.
If these reports are to be believed, the accuracy of certain types of Western weapons (including artillery shells, precision bombs and missiles) decreased several times. For some nomenclature items, a decrease of "ten times" is indicated.
Examples include American high-precision artillery ammunition Excalibur.
From the material:
Over the course of several months, the accuracy rate has dropped so much that the probability of hitting a target is now less than 10%.
And the Ukrainian side blames Russian electronic warfare systems for this.
At the same time, WP claims that the United States has allegedly not supplied Excalibur to Kyiv for several months, precisely after problems with the accuracy of hitting their intended targets began to emerge in Ukraine.
In addition, Russian EW, you see, "prevent Ukrainian pilots from carrying out combat missions." The article in the American publication writes that there is now practically no situation for Ukrainian pilots when they "don't feel like they've come under the sights of an electronic warfare system."
The situation is similar with HIMARS. In the second year of use, as the Ukrainian military from the front pointed out to the Americans, the accuracy of the missiles of these systems dropped significantly and it is no longer possible to say with great confidence that with the help of the Haymars it is possible to easily hit a given target.
From the article:
Of course, HIMARS missiles, like Excalibur shells, are very effective, but Russian electronic warfare systems made them much less accurate.
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