Report: US Deployed Long-Range Artillery System to Southern Syria
A US defense official said that the HIMARS move was a response to actions by pro-regime forces, who have been deploying their own artillery near the perimeter of the 55-kilometer "de-confliction zone" surrounding At-Tanf
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 14/06/2017
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The US military has moved its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) from Jordan into southern Syria for the first time, positioning it near the US-Coalition training base at At-Tanf, three US defense officials confirmed to CNN Tuesday.
Following the first strike against pro-regime forces in May, a spokesman for the military coalition fighting ISIS said that the military was reinforcing its position there. "We have increased our combat power in that area," US Col. Ryan Dillon told reporters at the Pentagon earlier this month. "We have increased our presence and our footprint and prepared for any threat that is presented by the pro-regime forces," Dillon added.
One defense official said that the HIMARS move was a response to actions by pro-regime forces, who have been deploying their own artillery near the perimeter of the 55-kilometer "de-confliction zone" surrounding At-Tanf. While the pro-regime artillery could not reach the base, it could reach a smaller combat outpost used by coalition advisers and their local allies.
A second official, however, said it was not clear whether the HIMARS deployment was in direct response to threatening action by the pro-regime forces.
[Source: CNN]
A US defense official said that the HIMARS move was a response to actions by pro-regime forces, who have been deploying their own artillery near the perimeter of the 55-kilometer "de-confliction zone" surrounding At-Tanf
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/himars.html
The US military has moved its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) from Jordan into southern Syria for the first time, positioning it near the US-Coalition training base at At-Tanf, three US defense officials confirmed to CNN Tuesday.
Following the first strike against pro-regime forces in May, a spokesman for the military coalition fighting ISIS said that the military was reinforcing its position there. "We have increased our combat power in that area," US Col. Ryan Dillon told reporters at the Pentagon earlier this month. "We have increased our presence and our footprint and prepared for any threat that is presented by the pro-regime forces," Dillon added.
One defense official said that the HIMARS move was a response to actions by pro-regime forces, who have been deploying their own artillery near the perimeter of the 55-kilometer "de-confliction zone" surrounding At-Tanf. While the pro-regime artillery could not reach the base, it could reach a smaller combat outpost used by coalition advisers and their local allies.
A second official, however, said it was not clear whether the HIMARS deployment was in direct response to threatening action by the pro-regime forces.
[Source: CNN]
