The U.S. will send long-range mobile rocket launchers to Ukraine, officials say.

The Biden administration has approved sending long-range multiple launch rocket systems to Ukraine, a significant transfer that could hugely aid Ukraine’s defense of its territory in the Donbas region, U.S. officials said on Friday.

The transfer will likely be announced next week, said one official who, like the others, spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss security matters. The weapons in the transfer will include mobile rocket launchers that can shoot much farther than the launchers Ukraine is using now.

Although officials have not provided details on exactly which types of rockets the United States will provide, the one used most often by the Pentagon is the M31 GMLRS, for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System — a satellite-guided precision weapon that carries roughly the same amount of explosives as a 500-pound, air-dropped bomb. Read more

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