Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

May 12, 2025: In 2024 Ukraine used HIMARS missiles equipped with cluster munitions. Each 300 kg missile contains 644 submunitions. When a submunition explodes, it will wound or kill anyone within ...

Now they need a firepower boost from M26 cluster rockets, a former US artillery officer says. These munitions would increase the lethality of its HIMARS and threaten Russian artillery pieces.

White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan announced on Friday afternoon plans to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions—bombs or shells that release a hail of mini-bombs over a large ...

But if you're firing DPICM cluster munitions your chances increase 88 times." A Ukrainian soldier stands on top of a HIMARS in the Bakhmut direction on May 18, 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force’s 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (Long Range ...

known as HIMARS, the officials said. A formal announcement is expected Friday afternoon. These cluster munitions release smaller "bomblets" designed to kill personnel and destroy vehicles.

known as HIMARS, officials said. Long sought by Ukraine, cluster bombs are weapons that open in the air, releasing submunitions, or bomblets, that are dispersed over a large area and are intended ...

"Bomb specialists have cleared a Lgov city district of explosive objects following yesterday’s shelling attack with the use of HIMARS cluster rockets. The munitions posed a big threat to the ...