by Carlo Munoz
The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, was test-fired in the Philippines for the first time as part of a large-scale joint military exercise in the Pacific island nation.
U.S. Marines from the 4th Marine Regiment fired six non-explosive rounds from a distance of 9 miles using the HIMARS platform on Sunday. The test shots were fired at the Crow Valley gunnery and firing range in Capas, Tarlac in the central Philippines.
Mounted on a five-ton truck, the Lockheed Martin-built HIMARS rocket launcher is able to fire either the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System or MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System and the Guided Multiple-Launch Rocket System according to a company fact sheet.
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